Selah

Girl name

Selah has been given to 15,394 babies in the U.S. since 1962. It peaked in 2025 and currently ranks #216 for girls (2025).

Meaning & origin

Biblical Hebrew סֶלָה (selāh)API; according to some scholars, from סָלָה (salah, “to hang”, implying “to weigh”, “to measure”).

Origin: Hebrew

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

15,394

Peak year

2025 (1,429 babies)

Rank in 2025

#216 for girls

First recorded

1962

10-year trend

▲ +105%

Gender split

99% girls / 1% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Selah.

15,362 babies since 1917

15,684 babies since 1947

15,101 babies since 1887

14,921 babies since 1964

15,902 babies since 1888

14,814 babies since 1880

16,064 babies since 1914

14,532 babies since 2015

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