Selin — #4592 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Selin

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,004 babies named Selin between 1981 and 2024, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Selin currently holds the #4592 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Selin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 363 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Selin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 127 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Selin in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Selin 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 1,004 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.