Feminine dossier · first seen 1950

Sela

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Sela
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1950Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

56.8%

2024

All-time

1,299

Sela has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2000, when 81 girls were named Sela.

In 2024, only 35 girls were given the name.

Down 56.8% from its peak.

All told, about 1,299 Americans have been named Sela and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1950.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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