Selah
Girl · Hebrew
Selah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “to hang”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 216th for girls in the US (1,416 babies).
What does Selah mean?
Hebrew
“to hang”
A female given name from Hebrew derived from the Biblical interjection (possibly mistaken for a name).
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Is Selah a girl's or a boy's name?
Selah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 1,416 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Selah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Selah, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th.
2025 had the most girls named Selah of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Selah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Selah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Selah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #216among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,416about 1 in 1,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,416 girls in the US were named Selah, making it the 216th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 425th. It first appears in the records in 1962. 13 boys were also named Selah in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Selah of any year since it first appeared, in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Selah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Selah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,416 | #216 |
| 2024 | 1,134 | #279 |
| 2023 | 1,027 | #301 |
| 2022 | 885 | #357 |
| 2021 | 828 | #376 |
| 2020 | 722 | #425 |
| 2019 | 701 | #443 |
| 2018 | 732 | #432 |
| 2017 | 695 | #455 |
| 2016 | 688 | #462 |
| 2015 | 690 | #461 |
| 2014 | 577 | #539 |
| 2013 | 552 | #538 |
| 2012 | 575 | #527 |
| 2011 | 506 | #575 |
| 2010 | 460 | #642 |
| 2009 | 419 | #694 |
| 2008 | 380 | #772 |
| 2007 | 344 | #833 |
| 2006 | 324 | #832 |
| 2005 | 263 | #940 |
| 2004 | 179 | #1,228 |
| 2003 | 179 | #1,194 |
| 2002 | 154 | #1,274 |
| 2001 | 124 | #1,505 |
| 2000 | 116 | #1,540 |
| 1999 | 100 | #1,652 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 40 | #2,961 |
| 1995 | 40 | #2,927 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 16 | #4,853 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 17 | #4,346 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
Names like Selah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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