Girls' name · since 1925
Seletha
65 babies named Seletha in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1925
- 1960s
- peak decade
65 girls have been named Seletha since 1925, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Seletha has 65 recorded births among girls since 1925, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1974.
- #32,016 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 65 born since 1925
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Seletha ranks #32,016 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 65 born since 1925, peaking in the 1960s.
- #32,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 65
- born since 1925
- 1960s
- peak decade
Seletha's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Seletha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Seletha's SSA record in two at 1965 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1925, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1965 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Seletha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1974
- Peak year (1965)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Seletha by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (27 births, 42% of the file).
1960s was Seletha's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Seletha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
27 births
- 1970s
1970s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 27 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Seletha's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (27 total births) through the 1970s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Seletha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1925–1974 (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 Seletha 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.