Sela
Sela is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 35 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 350.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200081 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1950
- 1,299people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,299 girls have been named Sela in the United States since 1950, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 81 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2000s alone account for 47%.
By decade
In 2000, its biggest year
Sela was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2000 were Emily, Hannah, Madison, Ashley and Sarah. See all of 2000.
Names that rose and fell with Sela
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Akashapeak 2003
- Alayshapeak 2001
- Haileypeak 2003
- Jailynpeak 2007
- Annikapeak 2003
- Ridapeak 2005
- Aniapeak 2006
- Kiyapeak 2002
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.