Selim

maleStatistical record

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

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

Selim: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #770, and it stood at #1,000 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#770highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2074
2002	#2005
2003	#3467
2004	#2578
2008	#2097
2009	#3227
2010	#2941
2011	#2613
2012	#2458
2013	#2954
2014	#2079
2015	#2020
2016	#1570
2017	#1703
2018	#1610
2019	#1369
2020	#2076
2021	#1595
2022	#1420
2023	#1363
2024	#1000

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

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 21 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1363 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2074 among boys in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1000 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Selim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Selim in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	28	5 of 10	6
2010s	111	10 of 10	11
2020sbusiest	92	5 of 10	18

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Selim 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #770 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Selim'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	male	#1000	30	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2076	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1703	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1570	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2941	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2005	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 21 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #770, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2023, and 25 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.

Selene · #428, 28y
Selihom · #2058, 12y
Selin · #718, 30y
Selina · #166, 58y

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.

Devansh · #770, 18y
Hashir · #770, 26y
Henrique · #770, 23y
Ionut · #770, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alessandra · #770, 29y
Hashir · #770, 26y
Henrique · #770, 23y
Jabir · #770, 26y

Selim was ranked #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2023. 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.

Selim 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 Selim without appearing here.

Selim moved ahead of

Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3467 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #2020 and #4747.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Morten Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2613 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Rodney Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Selim

Cillian Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2578 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2097 and #987.
Filip Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2074 and #2901 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2005 and #1128.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1420 and #967.
Hudson Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2074 and #2419 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2005 and #2005.

Moved the opposite way to Selim

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Selim went from #2074 to #1000 while Aaron went from #31 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Selim went from #2074 to #1000 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Selim went from #2074 to #1000 while Alan went from #196 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Selim went from #2074 to #1000 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Selim

Albie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Selim went from #2074 to #1000 and Albie from #716 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Selim went from #2074 to #1000 and Alfie from #71 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Selim went from #2074 to #1000 and Alfred from #174 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Selim went from #2074 to #1000 and Archie from #120 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #770 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Selim at a glance

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Selim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Selim at a glance

Selim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Selim moved ahead of

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