Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Selvin” in the USA?

Number of people named “Selvin” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Selvin” 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 “Selvin” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Selvin” by birth year

This chart shows how “Selvin” 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
1914 5 0.00000353 5 -100%
1915 6 0.000003274 6 -100%
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1921 7 0.000002998 7 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 9 0.000003779 9 -100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 -100%
1926 5 0.000002178 5 -100%
1927 5 0.000002156 5 -100%
1928 9 0.000003981 9 -100%
1929 7 0.000003193 7 -100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 -100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1933 5 0.000002501 5 -100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 -100%
1945 6 0.000002262 6 -100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 -100%
1952 8 0.000002106 8 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 -100%
1958 6 0.000001451 6 -100%
1959 9 0.000002165 9 -100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 -100%
1964 7 0.000001801 7 -100%
1965 5 0.000001379 5 -100%
1966 6 0.000001726 6 -100%
1971 6 0.000001748 6 -100%
1972 5 0.000001591 5 -100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 -100%
1977 6 0.000001889 6 -100%
1980 5 0.000001452 5 -100%
1981 7 0.000002023 7 -100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 -100%
1984 5 0.000001433 5 -100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 -100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 -100%
1989 8 0.000002081 8 -100%
1990 11 0.000002783 11 -100%
1991 16 0.000004108 16 -100%
1992 15 0.000003905 15 -100%
1993 21 0.00000557 21 -100%
1994 13 0.000003497 13 -100%
1995 14 0.000003823 14 -100%
1996 28 0.000007677 28 -100%
1997 24 0.000006619 24 -100%
1998 17 0.000004622 17 -100%
1999 28 0.00000758 28 -100%
2000 31 0.000008201 31 -100%
2001 29 0.000007747 29 -100%
2002 39 0.000010433 39 -100%
2003 36 0.000009468 36 -100%
2004 50 0.000013086 50 -100%
2005 50 0.000013004 50 -100%
2006 52 0.000013144 52 -100%
2007 58 0.000014508 58 -100%
2008 38 0.000009668 38 -100%
2009 45 0.00001178 45 -100%
2010 36 0.000009741 36 -100%
2011 41 0.000011209 41 -100%
2012 48 0.000013124 48 -100%
2013 28 0.00000768 28 -100%
2014 32 0.000008634 32 -100%
2015 43 0.000011619 43 -100%
2016 30 0.000008177 30 -100%
2017 38 0.000010626 38 -100%
2018 37 0.000010524 37 -100%
2019 53 0.00001527 53 -100%
2020 41 0.000012273 41 -100%
2021 65 0.000019186 65 -100%
2022 53 0.000015666 53 -100%
2023 50 0.0000151 50 -100%
2024 56 0.000016824 56 -100%

Explore other names

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  1. Selton
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  8. Selwyn
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  10. Selyna
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