Seldon is a rare boys' name that was most common in the 1910s and has all but disappeared.
Seldon is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2006. Seldon was first reported in SSA data in 1882 and peaked in 1916 (35 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #11,813 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #12,910 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8 | #8,081 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #11,319 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | #9,078 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #9,991 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #9,575 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #9,276 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #6,309 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #7,943 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #7,152 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | #5,935 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | #6,700 |
| 1975 | 13 | — | #3,051 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | #5,876 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | #4,983 |
| 1972 | 11 | — | #3,119 |
| 1970 | 5 | — | #5,322 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #4,921 |
| 1968 | 6 | — | #4,069 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #3,885 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #4,348 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #3,966 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #3,023 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #3,972 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #3,063 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #3,988 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,559 |
| 1958 | 14 | — | #2,248 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 7 | — | #3,498 |
| 1955 | 6 | — | #3,828 |
| 1954 | 7 | — | #3,416 |
| 1953 | 12 | — | #2,378 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #2,655 |
| 1951 | 12 | — | #2,354 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | #2,990 |
| 1949 | 13 | — | #2,212 |
| 1948 | 13 | — | #2,205 |
| 1947 | 11 | — | #2,487 |
| 1946 | 15 | — | #1,940 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #2,552 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | #1,678 |
| 1943 | 22 | — | #1,522 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #2,910 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #2,846 |
| 1940 | 11 | — | #2,301 |
| 1939 | 14 | — | #1,950 |
| 1938 | 14 | — | #1,966 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | #2,179 |
| 1936 | 10 | — | #2,429 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #2,017 |
| 1934 | 17 | — | #1,777 |
| 1933 | 16 | — | #1,822 |
| 1932 | 20 | — | #1,642 |
| 1931 | 20 | — | #1,634 |
| 1930 | 24 | — | #1,526 |
| 1929 | 17 | — | #1,915 |
| 1928 | 21 | — | #1,696 |
| 1927 | 33 | — | #1,289 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | #1,652 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | #1,737 |
| 1924 | 14 | — | #2,334 |
| 1923 | 26 | — | #1,491 |
| 1922 | 25 | — | #1,541 |
| 1921 | 23 | — | #1,639 |
| 1920 | 22 | — | #1,685 |
| 1919 | 16 | — | #2,047 |
| 1918 | 28 | — | #1,369 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,539 |
| 1916 | 35 | — | #1,113 |
| 1915 | 16 | — | #1,867 |
| 1914 | 24 | — | #1,219 |
| 1913 | 10 | — | #1,925 |
| 1912 | 18 | — | #1,132 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,514 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,294 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #1,654 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | #1,351 |
| 1907 | 5 | — | #1,515 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | #927 |
| 1892 | 7 | — | #942 |
| 1887 | 7 | — | #811 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #1,074 |