NameTides

Selim

Selim was the #2,604 boys' name in the US in 2025 (50 babies), and #1,035 in England & Wales and #1,565 in Canada.

Selim as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Selim as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Selim as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,604 (50)#1,035 (29)—#1,565 (14)
2024#2,236 (64)#1,000 (30)—#1,205 (19)
2023#2,480 (54)#1,363 (19)#770 (3)#1,496 (13)
2022#2,379 (59)#1,420 (18)—#1,557 (12)
2021#2,410 (56)#1,595 (15)——
2020#2,546 (50)#2,076 (10)—#1,261 (16)
2019#1,974 (74)#1,369 (18)—#973 (23)
2018#1,959 (75)#1,610 (15)—#1,279 (15)
2017#1,871 (78)#1,703 (14)—#1,349 (14)
2016#2,184 (62)#1,570 (16)—#1,578 (11)
2015#2,328 (56)#2,020 (11)—#1,266 (15)
2014#2,256 (59)#2,079 (10)——
2013#3,497 (30)#2,954 (6)—#1,654 (10)
2012#3,894 (26)#2,458 (8)——
2011#3,885 (26)#2,613 (7)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #1,871.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1971.

How common is it?

about 1 in 34,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Selim is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 26,000 to 1 in 39,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Selim by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,760TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Selim (boys) 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#1,3557

Selim (boys): 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
SelimCanadaBoys#1,56514
SelimEngland & WalesBoys#1,03529
SelimIrelandBoys—too few
SelimNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SelimUSBoys#2,60450