Selmer — boys' name

What the Data Says About Selmer

The Social Security Administration has registered 759 babies named Selmer between 1887 and 1950, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Selmer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1950. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Selmer performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 257 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Selmer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 99 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Dakota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Selmer in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Selmer 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 759 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.