NameTides

Selah

Selah was the #216 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,416 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #515 in Canada.

Selah as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Selah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Selah as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#216 (1,416)#2,278 (12)#515 (59)
2024#279 (1,134)#2,412 (11)#621 (47)
2023#301 (1,027)#3,599 (6)#557 (52)
2022#357 (885)#2,889 (8)#671 (42)
2021#376 (828)#3,192 (7)#766 (38)
2020#425 (722)#3,117 (7)#728 (39)
2019#443 (701)#4,001 (5)#1,067 (24)
2018#432 (732)#3,518 (6)#907 (30)
2017#455 (695)#5,765 (3)#816 (34)
2016#462 (688)#3,214 (7)#915 (29)
2015#461 (690)—#983 (26)
2014#539 (577)#4,684 (4)#972 (27)
2013#538 (552)—#1,165 (21)
2012#527 (575)—#1,904 (11)
2011#575 (506)—#1,305 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #216.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1962.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,100 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Selah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 940 to 1 in 1,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Selah by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #237WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #263WAIdaho: #160IDMontana: #91MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #250MNIllinois: #276ILMichigan: #193MINew York: #518NYMassachusetts: #444MAOregon: #223ORNevada: #264NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #117SDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #131INOhio: #198OHPennsylvania: #187PANew Jersey: #323NJConnecticut: #268CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #213CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #185CONebraska: #182NEMissouri: #228MOKentucky: #208KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #169VAMaryland: #234MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #172AZNew Mexico: #159NMKansas: #233KSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #165TNNorth Carolina: #154NCSouth Carolina: #156SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #272OKLouisiana: #394LAMississippi: #270MSAlabama: #221ALGeorgia: #181GAHawaii: #136HITexas: #228TXFlorida: #163FL
Selah (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#59021

Selah (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SelahCanadaGirls#51559
SelahEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
SelahNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SelahUSGirls#2161,416
SelahUSBoys#6,44613