Selest — girls' name
29 babies named Selest in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
29 girls have been named Selest since 1998, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2005.
- 29
- total births
- 1998–2005
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
76% of everyone ever named Selest was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Selest in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Selest
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Selest between 1998 and 2005, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Selest currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Selest performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Selest shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Selest in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Selest 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 29 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.
Selest at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Selest popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1998
- Peak year (1998)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
29 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 7 births in a single year.
Selest by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22 births that decade — 76% of Selest's all-time total
Selest decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Selest's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Selest by state
Where Selest concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 17.2% |
5 of 29 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 17.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 17.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1998–2005 (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.