Selia

Girl · recorded 1918–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1945best year

Most popular in 1945.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls 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 1918

061219181945197119982024

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 83 recorded years as a table
Selia, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19184
19206
19226
192310
19246
19256
19265
19278
192810
19299
19304
19318
19328
193310
19345
19355
19365
19376
19388
19406
19434
194512
19485
19494
19513
19544
19554
19564
19576
19585
19596
19604
19612
19634
19654
19664
19673
19696
19703
19727
19738
19744
19753
19766
19775
19807
19824
19839
19843
19856
19863
19895
19903
19923
19943
19953
19965
19975
19985
19997
20008
20015
20029
200311
200411
20055
20068
20076
20089
20098
20107
20114
20125
20137
20155
20166
20174
20186
20203
20214
20227
20234
20245

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Selia 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 2024
8
Rank in 2024
#11,122
How rare
1 in 202,523 girls
Since 1918
739

Selia was last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1945, at 12 per million girls born.

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

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