Selby
Boy
Selby is a boys' name, meaning “willow, sallow”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Selby mean?
“willow, sallow”
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Selby a girl's or a boy's name?
Selby is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Selby in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 6 boys.
Selby in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Selby in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930. 5 boys were also named Selby in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Selby in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Selby in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 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 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
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