Selso — boys' name
125 babies named Selso in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Selso was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Selso in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Selso
The Social Security Administration has registered 125 babies named Selso between 1916 and 1999, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Selso currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Selso performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Selso shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Selso in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Selso 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 125 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.
Selso at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Selso popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1916
- Peak year (1992)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
125 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 9 births in a single year.
Selso by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 34 births that decade — 27% of Selso's all-time total
Selso decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Selso's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Selso by state
Where Selso concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 14 | 11.2% |
| #2 | California | | 10 | 8.0% |
14 of 125 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.2% of nationwide
- California 8.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1916–1999 (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.