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How popular is “Selia” in the USA?

Number of people named “Selia” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Selia” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Selia” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Selia” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Selia” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Selia” by birth year

This chart shows how “Selia” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1918 5 0.000002303 5 100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 100%
1923 12 0.000005212 12 100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 100%
1925 7 0.000003 7 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 100%
1928 11 0.000004865 11 100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 100%
1931 9 0.000004277 9 100%
1932 9 0.000004263 9 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1934 5 0.000002408 5 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1937 6 0.000002816 6 100%
1938 9 0.000004068 9 100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1943 5 0.000001771 5 100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 100%
1948 9 0.000002607 9 100%
1949 6 0.000001722 6 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 100%
1957 12 0.000002856 12 100%
1958 10 0.000002419 10 100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 100%
1960 8 0.000001926 8 100%
1961 5 0.000001207 5 100%
1963 7 0.000001768 7 100%
1965 7 0.000001931 7 100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 100%
1969 10 0.000002877 10 100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 100%
1972 10 0.000003182 10 100%
1973 12 0.000003978 12 100%
1974 6 0.000001974 6 100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1976 9 0.000002966 9 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 100%
1982 6 0.00000171 6 100%
1983 15 0.000004331 15 100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 100%
1985 10 0.000002802 10 100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 100%
1994 6 0.000001614 6 100%
1995 6 0.000001638 6 100%
1996 8 0.000002193 8 100%
1997 9 0.000002482 9 100%
1998 8 0.000002175 8 100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 100%
2000 14 0.000003704 14 100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 100%
2002 16 0.00000428 16 100%
2003 20 0.00000526 20 100%
2004 20 0.000005234 20 100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 100%
2006 16 0.000004044 16 100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 100%
2008 17 0.000004325 17 100%
2009 14 0.000003665 14 100%
2010 13 0.000003518 13 100%
2011 7 0.000001914 7 100%
2012 8 0.000002187 8 100%
2013 13 0.000003566 13 100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2016 10 0.000002726 10 100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 100%
2018 10 0.000002844 10 100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 100%
2022 12 0.000003547 12 100%
2023 6 0.000001812 6 100%
2024 8 0.000002403 8 100%

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