Selvin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SEL-vin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,832 for boys
Selvin is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 2,832nd for boys in the US (44 babies).
Where does Selvin come from?
Used mainly in Central America; perhaps from Selwyn or Melvin
Is Selvin a girl's or a boy's name?
Selvin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 44 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Selvin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,832among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 39,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 44 boys in the US were named Selvin, making it the 2,832nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 65 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer boys named Selvin than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Selvin in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Selvin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #2,832 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,444 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 53 | #2,562 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,172 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,104 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 43 | #2,765 |
| 2014 | 32 | #3,369 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 36 | #3,127 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 58 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 52 | #2,374 |
| 2005 | 50 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 50 | #2,279 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 31 | #2,858 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 28 | #2,674 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 7 | #3,245 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,153 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Selvin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Griffin Stetson Hudson Soren Westin Easton Jackson Odin Austin Grayson Mason Holden
Names related to Selvin
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Selvin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/selvin, updated 20 October 2026.