How Many People Are Named Selim?
people named Selim are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 337,732 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,023 babies named Selim in Social Security records from 1971 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
78 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Turkish form of SALIM. This was the name of three Ottoman sultans, including the father of Süleyman the Magnificent.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Selim in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Selim alive today is about 10 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Selim first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 2017, to 78 babies. In 2025, 50 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Selim has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,880, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #2,638.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,638 |
| Best rank | #1,880 (2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,512 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Selim alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Selim were born in New York than in any other state: about 163 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Selim was given 5.4 times as often in New York, 4.8 times in New Jersey and 2.6 times in Florida.
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