Seleta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Seleta

The Social Security Administration has registered 131 babies named Seleta between 1922 and 1990, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Seleta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Seleta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Seleta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. 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 Seleta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Seleta 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 131 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.