Peak popularity
1914
Usually for
Boys
Trend
Rising since 2022
A 1910s favorite, climbing again.
Popularity of Selman since 1914
Babies named Selman per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 2017, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Selman's real moment was 1914.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 |
| 1920s | 10 |
| 1930s | 5 |
| 1940s | 0 |
| 1950s | 0 |
| 1960s | 0 |
| 1970s | 0 |
| 1980s | 5 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 15 |
| 2010s | 25 |
| 2020s | 11 |
“Selman” around the world
Where Selman lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
10
babies in 2024
Sources: INSEE (France).
