Selby was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Selby as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2025
#12,008 (5)
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2023
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#3,113 (6)
2022
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#4,790 (3)
2021
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#3,017 (6)
2020
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#3,848 (4)
2018
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#3,412 (5)
2016
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#4,810 (3)
2014
#12,108 (5)
#3,362 (5)
2012
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#3,416 (5)
2011
#12,287 (5)
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2008
#9,871 (7)
#3,687 (4)
2006
#9,585 (7)
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2003
#10,894 (5)
#3,467 (3)
1998
#8,479 (6)
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1996
#6,496 (8)
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Selby as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2024
#13,477 (6)
2022
#12,243 (7)
2018
#10,545 (9)
2017
#12,713 (7)
2015
#10,866 (9)
2014
#13,069 (7)
2013
#11,000 (9)
2012
#13,483 (7)
2011
#16,764 (5)
2010
#12,276 (8)
2009
#8,888 (13)
2008
#13,832 (7)
2007
#11,630 (9)
2006
#9,901 (11)
2004
#9,264 (11)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1909 at #1,440.
First recorded in the US in 1909.
In 2014, 58% of US babies named Selby were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.