How popular is the name Selah?

Selah ranks 1,170th among girls' names in US records, with 13,941 births since 1962. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,079.

Is Selah a unisex name?

No. Selah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2024, when 1,122 children were given the name. It has been in use for 63 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,170 of girl names

Pronounced S EH1 L AA1 (ARPABET)

Selah is a girls' name, and first appears in 1962. It has been given to 13,941 children — the 1,170th most common girls' name on record.

It is gaining, with the past decade running 84% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 1,122 children were given it.

2024Girls: 1,122Boys: 21

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Selah?: Selah ranks 1,170th among girls' names in US records, with 13,941 births since 1962. Over the past decade it accounts for 8,079.
Is Selah a unisex name?: No. Selah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Selah most popular?: 2024, when 1,122 children were given the name. It has been in use for 63 years and is still recorded as of 2024.