Selim — #2241 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Selim

The Social Security Administration has registered 973 babies named Selim between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Selim currently holds the #2241 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 78 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Selim performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 504 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Selim shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 158 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Selim in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Selim 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 973 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.