Girls' name · since 1981
Selin
1,042 babies named Selin in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,298 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,936 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,042
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,042 babies have been named Selin since 1981, making it today's #3936 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Selin has been recorded 1,042 times among girls since 1981, currently ranked #3936 nationally and more common than 77% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2025.
- #7,298 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,936 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,042 born since 1981
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Selin ranks #7,298 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,936 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,042 born since 1981, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,298 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,936 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,042
- born since 1981
- 2000s
- peak decade
Selin's 1,042 recorded births place it above 89.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Selin compares
1,042 Top 31% higher than 69% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Selin's all-time total is 177% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Selin | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,042 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 21 | 19,840 |
Selin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Selin's full recorded timeline at 2005, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 45 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Selin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Selin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (364 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Selin's strongest decade.
364 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Selin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 39
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
189 births
- 2000s
2000s
364 births
- 2010s
2010s
302 births
- 2020s
2020s
148 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 364 births (35% of all-time use).
How Selin compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Selin's total volume
Selin by state
Where Selin concentrates geographically, total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 135 | 13.0% |
| #2 | California | | 111 | 10.7% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 36 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 29 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Texas | | 12 | 1.2% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 6 | 0.6% |
135 of 1,042 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Selin's data
- Selin's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (364 total births) through the 2020s (148) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Selins (135 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Selin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1981–2025 (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 Selin 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.