Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Selma

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

Endangered Down 92.4% from peak

Peak era

1918

Peak rank proxy

798

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19182024

Peak year

1918

Decline from peak

92.4%

2024

All-time

26,820

Selma once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1918, when 798 girls were named Selma.

In 2024, only 61 girls were given the name.

Down 92.4% from its peak.

All told, about 26,820 Americans have been named Selma and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.4% from peak

1918798 girls named Selma

202461 girls named Selma

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