Sela
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Sela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “rock, cliff”. In 2025 it ranked 4,660th for girls in the US (29 babies).
What does Sela mean?
Hebrew: from sela 'rock'
“rock, cliff”
Sela is a rock fortress named in the Bible, often linked to Petra; compare Selah, the musical word in the Psalms.
- Say it
- SEE-la
Is Sela a girl's or a boy's name?
Sela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,660among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 55,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 29 girls in the US were named Sela, making it the 4,660th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Sela in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,460 girls in the US were given Sela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #241, up from #4,660 for this spelling alone.
Sela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #4,660 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,996 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 45 | #3,437 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 37 | #4,046 |
| 2011 | 43 | #3,602 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,858 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 64 | #2,632 |
| 2004 | 47 | #3,220 |
| 2003 | 64 | #2,519 |
| 2002 | 61 | #2,551 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,030 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 31 | #3,564 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
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