Selihom
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-LEE-hom
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
Selihom is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies).
Where does Selihom come from?
Eritrean or Ethiopian name
Is Selihom a girl's or a boy's name?
Selihom is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Selihom in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,675among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 178% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Selihom, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Selihom in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Selihom in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
Names like Selihom
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Amira Nusaybah Ayah Khadija Ayla Ayra Amara Raya Abeeha Syeda Hafsa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Selihom: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/selihom, updated 20 October 2026.