Boys' name · since 2013
Seleem
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 53 babies named Seleem, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,808 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 53
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Seleem sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 53 recorded since 2013.
Seleem has 53 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2023.
- #21,808 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 53 born since 2013
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seleem ranks #21,808 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 2013, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,808 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 53
- born since 2013
- 2010s
- peak decade
Seleem's 53 recorded births place it above 51.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Seleem's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Seleem splits its recorded history at 2018: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2013 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Seleem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2023
- Peak year (2018)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Seleem by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (40 births, 75% of the file).
2010s was Seleem's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Seleem births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 40 births (75% of all-time use).
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- Seleem's decade-level peak was the 2010s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Seleem: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Seleem draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.