Selwyn
Selwyn is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 196138 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1904
- 1,402people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,402 boys have been named Selwyn in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 38 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1960s alone account for 18%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Selwyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 6 | |
| 1910s | 85 | |
| 1920s | 195 | |
| 1930s | 134 | |
| 1940s | 71 | |
| 1950s | 141 | |
| 1960s | 258 | |
| 1970s | 129 | |
| 1980s | 125 | |
| 1990s | 130 | |
| 2000s | 58 | |
| 2010s | 61 | |
| 2020s | 9 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Selwyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1961 were Michael, David, John, James and Robert. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Selwyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Parnellpeak 1963
- Wendallpeak 1958
- Bonifaciopeak 1930
- Severopeak 1924
- Porfiriopeak 1921
- Laroypeak 1989
- Ramondpeak 1980
- Laurentpeak 1927
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.