Selmer

Boy · recorded 1887–1950

  • 1950last recorded
  • 1899best year

Most popular in 1899.

Last recorded in 1950. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1887

0479418871903191919341950

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 56 recorded years as a table
Selmer, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188759
188850
189081
189159
189282
189380
189443
189543
189780
189994
190053
190156
190249
190538
190660
190839
190949
191135
191230
191345
191455
191546
191648
191729
191836
191933
192024
192123
192230
192326
192420
192520
192616
192716
192814
192913
193012
19318
19329
19335
193415
19359
193612
19377
19385
19395
19406
19414
19426
19436
19444
19455
19474
19485
19493
19503

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Selmer isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1950
5
Rank in 1950
#3,681
How rare
1 in 358,052 boys
Since 1887
759

Selmer was last recorded in 1950. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1899, at 94 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Selmer doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.