Selman — #12432 US boys' name
76 babies named Selman in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Selman was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Selman in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Selman
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Selman between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Selman currently holds the #12432 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Selman performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Selman shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Selman 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 76 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.
Selman at a glance
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Current rank
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Selman popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1914
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 111 years of records
Currently ranks #12432 among boys.
76 total births across 111 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 7 births in a single year.
Selman by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 25 births that decade — 33% of Selman's all-time total
Selman decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Selman's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.