Selwyn
Boy
Selwyn is a boys' name, meaning “hall”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Selwyn mean?
“hall”
A surname transferred from the given name.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Selwyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Selwyn is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Selwyn in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 4 boys.
Selwyn in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Selwyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Selwyn, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1961, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the boys named Selwyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1983, the years shaded on the chart below.
Selwyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,199 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 12 | #3,201 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 16 | #1,973 |
| 1966 | 22 | #1,649 |
| 1965 | 29 | #1,428 |
| 1964 | 25 | #1,580 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,278 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,278 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 30 | #1,438 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 10 | #2,626 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,903 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,529 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,302 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 24 | #1,480 |
| 1928 | 32 | #1,272 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,561 |
| 1926 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1924 | 21 | #1,727 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,709 |
| 1917 | 15 | #1,985 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,069 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
| 1913 | 5 | #2,820 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
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