Is Sela a boy or girl name?

Sela is a girl’s name. Of the 1,328 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Sela

Recorded 1950–2025 · United States

Sela was most popular in 2000, when 81 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,461 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,077, with 29 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,328 people named Sela.

Sela over time

Births per year. The dot marks Sela’s peak in 2000. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Sela a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Sela is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,328 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Sela

Where Sela is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 6.2×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org