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Selma

Girl Arabic #2436 in 2023

Selma is a girl name of Arabic origin.

Meaning of Selma

It could be a form of Selima, which in turn is a name first recorded in a poem by Thomas Gray.

Popularity of Selma

Popularity, 1880–2023

74 births in 2023

1880 2023

26,759 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1918

798 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Falling

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Summary adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.