Selam

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Selam: Recorded since 1975, it reached #254 in 1991, and it was last ranked in 2011.

2registrars recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
37years from first to last
#254highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1999–2011

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#3225
2007	#5201
2011	#5785

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 21 of the 28 years from 1975 to 2002.

In 1999: #584 among girls in Norway, #3225 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1975–2011 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1975
First recorded at #566 among girls in Norway in 1975 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1975–2002
Highest recorded position: #254 among girls in Norway, in 1991 (recorded 1975–2002).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2011
Most recently recorded at #5785 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011.
England and Wales · Girls

Selam appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 1975, and has registered 175 births with the name.

Selam across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Selam's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#566 (1975)	#254 (1991)	#526 (2002)	21 of 28	175 (1975–2002)	22 (1991)
England and Wales · Girls	#3225 (1999)	#3225 (1999)	#5785 (2011)	3 of 13	10 (1999–2011)	4 (1999)

Selam by decade in Norway · 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 Selam in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	16	3 of 10	5
1980sbusiest	77	8 of 10	10
1990s	72	8 of 10	9
2000s	10	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Selam appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #254 in Norway in 1991.

Selam'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
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#526	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#626	4	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#584	5	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#478	7	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#552	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#652	4	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#469	8	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#336	13	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#254	22	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#536	7	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#342	14	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#378	12	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#358	13	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#419	10	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#460	9	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#479	8	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#606	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#542	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#654	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#476	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#566	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1975 and 2011, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #254, first reached in 1991.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in Norway in 1991.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1999, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Sekou · #2538, 15y
Selah · #2411, 11y
Selen · #2023, 22y
Selena · #267, 50y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Culann · #254, 23y
Favour · #254, 25y
Katie-Rose · #254, 23y
Katie-Louise · #253, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aodan · #254, 20y
Glynn · #254, 13y
Kris · #254, 39y
Pierre · #254, 35y

Selam was ranked #254 in Norway · Girls in 1991. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Selam 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 Selam without appearing here.

Selam moved ahead of

Wendy Compare
In 1984 they stood at #606 and #511 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #460 and #685.
Reidun Compare
In 2001 they stood at #626 and #568 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #526 and #637.
Josephine Compare
In 2001 they stood at #626 and #377 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #526 and #621.
Jane Compare
In 2001 they stood at #626 and #425 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #526 and #619.

Moved ahead of Selam

Isabella Compare
In 1993 they stood at #469 and #532 in Norway · Girls; by 1994 that had become #652 and #321.
Melissa Compare
In 1978 they stood at #476 and #565 in Norway · Girls; by 1979 that had become #654 and #326.
Emilie Compare
In 1984 they stood at #479 and #596 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #460 and #243.
Olivia Compare
In 1992 they stood at #336 and #393 in Norway · Girls; by 1993 that had become #469 and #281.

Moved the opposite way to Selam

Janet Compare
Between 1975 and 1991 in Norway · Girls, Selam went from #566 to #254 while Janet went from #293 to #652.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1975 to 2011. Highest recorded position: #254 in Norway in 1991. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Selam

Selam at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Selam across 2 official records

Selam by decade in Norway · Girls

Selam appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Selam

Selam and the names beside it

Selam moved ahead of

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Selam at a glance

Selam across 2 official records

Selam by decade in Norway · Girls

Selam appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Selam

Selam and the names beside it

Selam moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Selam

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