How Many People Are Named Selah?
people named Selah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 22,354 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,394 babies named Selah in Social Security records from 1962 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,429 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a Hebrew musical term which occurs many times in the Old Testament Psalms. It was probably meant to indicate a musical pause.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Selah in English. Counting Selah and these spellings together, about 16,600 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Selah, 98.7% were girls and 1.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Selah alive today is about 9 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Selah first appears in the records in 1962, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 1,429 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1962 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Selah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #216, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #216.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #216 |
| Best rank | #216 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #506 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Selah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Selah were born in California than in any other state: about 1,829 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Selah was given 3.1 times as often in Hawaii, 2.2 times in Montana and 1.7 times in Oregon.
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