Seleem — boys' name
53 babies named Seleem in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
53 boys have been named Seleem since 2013, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.
- 53
- total births
- 2013–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 75%
- born in that decade
75% of everyone ever named Seleem was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Seleem in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Seleem
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Seleem between 2013 and 2023, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Seleem currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Seleem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Seleem shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Seleem in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 53 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Seleem at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Seleem popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2013
- Peak year (2018)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
53 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 10 births in a single year.
Seleem by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 40 births that decade — 75% of Seleem's all-time total
Seleem decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Seleem's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2013–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.