Selma is an established girls' name that peaked in 1918 and has since faded.
Selma is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,810 for girl births in the United States (and #4,947 across all names), given to 61 babies. Selma was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1918 (798 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 61 | 61 | #2,810 | — |
| 2024 | 61 | 61 | #2,794 | — |
| 2023 | 74 | 74 | #2,439 | — |
| 2022 | 63 | 63 | #2,749 | — |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | #2,748 | — |
| 2020 | 83 | 83 | #2,191 | — |
| 2019 | 87 | 87 | #2,152 | — |
| 2018 | 79 | 79 | #2,325 | — |
| 2017 | 88 | 88 | #2,179 | — |
| 2016 | 95 | 95 | #2,081 | — |
| 2015 | 88 | 88 | #2,165 | — |
| 2014 | 109 | 109 | #1,865 | — |
| 2013 | 82 | 82 | #2,278 | — |
| 2012 | 72 | 72 | #2,542 | — |
| 2011 | 96 | 96 | #2,040 | — |
| 2010 | 86 | 86 | #2,252 | — |
| 2009 | 87 | 87 | #2,266 | — |
| 2008 | 90 | 90 | #2,217 | — |
| 2007 | 100 | 100 | #2,054 | — |
| 2006 | 103 | 103 | #1,955 | — |
| 2005 | 117 | 117 | #1,702 | — |
| 2004 | 118 | 118 | #1,653 | — |
| 2003 | 96 | 96 | #1,911 | — |
| 2002 | 74 | 74 | #2,248 | — |
| 2001 | 90 | 90 | #1,937 | — |
| 2000 | 81 | 81 | #2,049 | — |
| 1999 | 70 | 70 | #2,178 | — |
| 1998 | 64 | 64 | #2,236 | — |
| 1997 | 54 | — | #2,445 | — |
| 1996 | 42 | — | #2,889 | — |
| 1995 | 32 | — | #3,480 | — |
| 1994 | 22 | — | #4,661 | — |
| 1993 | 17 | — | #5,633 | — |
| 1992 | 32 | — | #3,481 | — |
| 1991 | 30 | — | #3,618 | — |
| 1990 | 35 | — | #3,211 | — |
| 1989 | 24 | — | #4,102 | — |
| 1988 | 26 | — | #3,668 | — |
| 1987 | 19 | — | #4,440 | — |
| 1986 | 27 | — | #3,340 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | — | #6,365 | — |
| 1984 | 19 | — | #4,136 | — |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #4,084 | — |
| 1982 | 27 | — | #3,238 | — |
| 1981 | 28 | — | #3,131 | — |
| 1980 | 25 | — | #3,395 | — |
| 1979 | 19 | — | #4,011 | — |
| 1978 | 22 | — | #3,483 | — |
| 1977 | 26 | — | #3,060 | — |
| 1976 | 20 | — | #3,506 | — |
| 1975 | 21 | — | #3,378 | — |
| 1974 | 17 | — | #3,829 | — |
| 1973 | 26 | — | #2,731 | — |
| 1972 | 23 | — | #2,962 | — |
| 1971 | 37 | — | #2,207 | — |
| 1970 | 40 | — | #2,073 | — |
| 1969 | 35 | — | #2,165 | — |
| 1968 | 34 | — | #2,083 | — |
| 1967 | 40 | — | #1,877 | — |
| 1966 | 54 | — | #1,527 | — |
| 1965 | 91 | — | #1,107 | — |
| 1964 | 63 | — | #1,432 | — |
| 1963 | 66 | — | #1,369 | — |
| 1962 | 89 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1961 | 121 | — | #1,010 | #4,572 |
| 1960 | 93 | — | #1,130 | — |
| 1959 | 91 | — | #1,125 | — |
| 1958 | 95 | — | #1,117 | #4,420 |
| 1957 | 105 | — | #1,025 | — |
| 1956 | 115 | — | #942 | — |
| 1955 | 113 | — | #927 | — |
| 1954 | 112 | — | #951 | #3,138 |
| 1953 | 118 | — | #866 | — |
| 1952 | 107 | — | #919 | #4,188 |
| 1951 | 126 | — | #816 | #4,175 |
| 1950 | 102 | — | #883 | — |
| 1949 | 120 | — | #789 | — |
| 1948 | 135 | — | #752 | #3,613 |
| 1947 | 140 | — | #720 | — |
| 1946 | 143 | — | #679 | #3,948 |
| 1945 | 111 | — | #740 | #2,553 |
| 1944 | 134 | — | #658 | #3,386 |
| 1943 | 122 | — | #688 | — |
| 1942 | 159 | — | #589 | — |
| 1941 | 149 | — | #583 | #3,936 |
| 1940 | 156 | — | #567 | #3,416 |
| 1939 | 163 | — | #534 | #3,073 |
| 1938 | 194 | — | #487 | #3,483 |
| 1937 | 231 | — | #438 | #3,476 |
| 1936 | 250 | — | #414 | #3,105 |
| 1935 | 220 | — | #444 | #2,911 |
| 1934 | 264 | — | #401 | — |
| 1933 | 301 | — | #371 | #4,079 |
| 1932 | 336 | — | #354 | #2,614 |
| 1931 | 432 | — | #313 | #2,311 |
| 1930 | 559 | — | #273 | #2,982 |
| 1929 | 569 | — | #269 | #3,896 |
| 1928 | 609 | — | #264 | #2,626 |
| 1927 | 680 | — | #253 | #2,679 |
| 1926 | 680 | — | #254 | #3,104 |
| 1925 | 678 | — | #257 | #2,905 |
| 1924 | 742 | — | #246 | #3,810 |
| 1923 | 711 | — | #245 | #3,422 |
| 1922 | 701 | — | #246 | #3,212 |
| 1921 | 713 | — | #251 | #3,178 |
| 1920 | 768 | — | #233 | — |
| 1919 | 696 | — | #244 | #2,245 |
| 1918 | 811 | — | #223 | #2,377 |
| 1917 | 795 | — | #216 | #2,916 |
| 1916 | 728 | — | #228 | #2,705 |
| 1915 | 753 | — | #217 | #2,283 |
| 1914 | 601 | — | #214 | #1,761 |
| 1913 | 460 | — | #226 | #3,196 |
| 1912 | 393 | — | #230 | #2,501 |
| 1911 | 327 | — | #223 | #1,712 |
| 1910 | 299 | — | #221 | #1,559 |
| 1909 | 256 | — | #225 | #1,421 |
| 1908 | 262 | — | #210 | #1,561 |
| 1907 | 231 | — | #218 | — |
| 1906 | 252 | — | #193 | — |
| 1905 | 224 | — | #202 | — |
| 1904 | 231 | — | #194 | — |
| 1903 | 218 | — | #194 | — |
| 1902 | 252 | — | #183 | — |
| 1901 | 242 | — | #181 | — |
| 1900 | 239 | — | #201 | — |
| 1899 | 206 | — | #193 | — |
| 1898 | 229 | — | #193 | — |
| 1897 | 183 | — | #205 | — |
| 1896 | 238 | — | #178 | — |
| 1895 | 208 | — | #188 | — |
| 1894 | 212 | — | #183 | — |
| 1893 | 211 | — | #176 | — |
| 1892 | 209 | — | #175 | — |
| 1891 | 206 | — | #163 | — |
| 1890 | 165 | — | #183 | — |
| 1889 | 133 | — | #201 | — |
| 1888 | 139 | — | #190 | — |
| 1887 | 97 | — | #209 | — |
| 1886 | 91 | — | #209 | — |
| 1885 | 68 | — | #245 | — |
| 1884 | 63 | — | #243 | — |
| 1883 | 80 | — | #189 | — |
| 1882 | 54 | — | #237 | — |
| 1881 | 47 | — | #230 | — |
| 1880 | 36 | — | #259 | — |