Selah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Selah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Selah: Recorded since 2009, its highest recorded position is #2,411, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#2411highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2009–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2009	#5556
2014	#4684
2016	#3214
2017	#5765
2018	#3518
2019	#4001
2020	#3117
2021	#3192
2022	#2888
2023	#3598
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 11 of the 16 years from 2009 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2009–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2009
First recorded at #5556 among girls in England and Wales in 2009 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2009–2024
Highest recorded position: #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2009–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Selah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Selah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	25	5 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	39	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Selah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2411 in England and Wales in 2024.

Selah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3117	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2009 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,411, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
11births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Sejal · #1928, 14y
Sekou · #2538, 15y
Selam · #254, 23y
Selen · #2023, 22y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Apphia · #2411, 15y
Avaleigh · #2411, 12y
Avital · #2411, 15y
Deepika · #2411, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Apphia · #2411, 15y
Bettie · #2411, 18y
Eseosa · #2411, 16y
Fatima-Zahra · #2411, 15y

Selah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Selah without appearing here.

Selah moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Teddy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #2689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #5785.
Cameron Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3598 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Selah

Arlo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.
Noah Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3214 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3214 and #2757.

Moved the opposite way to Selah

Abigail Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selah went from #5556 to #2411 while Abigail went from #36 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selah went from #5556 to #2411 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selah went from #5556 to #2411 while Aisling went from #1287 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selah went from #5556 to #2411 while Alex went from #495 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Selah

Ada Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selah went from #5556 to #2411 and Ada from #547 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selah went from #5556 to #2411 and Alma from #1105 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selah went from #5556 to #2411 and Amelia from #9 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2009 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Selah went from #5556 to #2411 and Aria from #1248 to #35.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2009 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2411 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Selah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Selah at a glance

Selah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Selah and the names beside it

Selah moved ahead of

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