Selma
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Selma
Selma has recently been given a more youthful spin via actresses Selma Blair and Salma Hayek. But while Selma has not yet become popular again in the US, it is widely used in both Sweden and Norway.
Selma won a Nobel Prize via Swedish author Selma Lagerlof, the first woman to win for literature. And the city of Selma, Alabama is famous as the starting point for the Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr. The 2014 film Selma, based on the marches, gave the name a slight boost in the same year.
Selma is also given to boys.
Pronounced SEL-muh.
As of October 2026, Selma ranked #2810 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #163 in 1891.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,865 | 109 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #2,165 | 88 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #2,081 | 95 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #2,178 | 88 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #2,325 | 79 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #2,151 | 87 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #2,213 | 82 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,745 | 63 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,747 | 63 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,436 | 74 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,788 | 61 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,810 | 61 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Selma for girls
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Selma on lists
Famous Selmas
- Selma Ottilia Lovisa LagerlöfGirl
Swedish author; 1st woman to win Literature Nobel Prize
- Selma AdzemGirl
Bosnian singer
- Selma BajramiGirl
Albanian,Bosnian pop star
- Selma BlairGirl
American actress
- Selma BjörnsdóttirGirl
Icelandic singer
- Selma ErgecGirl
Turkish,German actress, beauty queen, & doctor
- Selma HarringtonGirl
Bosnian,Irish architect & designer
- Selma KurzGirl
Austrian opera singer
- Selma MekicGirl
Bosnian TV host
- Selma YagciGirl
Turkish boxer
- Selma DiamondGirl
American actress
Selma in pop culture
- Selma BouvierGirl
character on "The Simpsons;" twin of sister Patty
- Selma MaletGirl
character in Mary A. Dickens' "Cross Currents"
- SelmaGirl
character in Kenize Mourad's "Regards from the Dead Princess"
- SelmaGirl
character on "The Crazy, Confused & Normal"
- Selma JežkováGirl
main character in the musical "Dancer in the Dark"
- Selma St. GeorgeGirl
character in Stephen King's Dolores Claiborne
- Selma QuicklyGirl
Character in the Nanny McPhee series
- SelmaGirl
city in Alabama
- "SelmaGirl
" 2014 film about the civil rights march in Selma, Alabama