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Name meaning & stats

Selah

Selah (Hebrew origin). 15,394 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

Hebrew

In US birth records

Peak year: 2025

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15,394 US babies were named Selah between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Selah (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

1 in 4 Celias spell it Selah

  • Celia 59%
  • Selah 28%
  • Zella 8%
  • Sela 2%
  • Zelia 1%
  • Selia 1%
  • Zela <1%
  • Cella <1%
  • Zelaya <1%
  • Seela <1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2025)