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Selim

Gender

Male

Origin

Arabic
peaceful

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Selim

Pronunciation

s(e)-lim

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2017 (rank #1871, 78 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2604, 50 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202550
202464
202354
202259
202156
202050
201974
201875
201778
201662

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #1000, 30 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1035, 29 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202529
202430
202319
202218
202115
202010
201918
201815
201714
201616

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2018 (rank #289, 209 births); most recent 2023 (rank #336, 156 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023156
2022167
2021177
2020196
2019172
2018209
2017141
2016137
2015140
2014145

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #733, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
20233
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence