How Many People Are Named Seldon?
people named Seldon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,166,501 people in the US has this name
Based on 988 babies named Seldon in Social Security records from 1882 to 2006, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
35 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Seldon in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Seldon alive today is about 61 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 50 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Seldon first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1916, to 35 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2006.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2006
🏆 Rank History
Seldon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #811, in 1887.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #811 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,613 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Seldon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Seldon were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 7 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Seldon was given about 35.9 times as often in Kentucky.
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