Selah
A unisex name of Hebrew origin, meaning pause or rock; biblical term of uncertain significance.
How Selah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #460 |
| 2016 | #465 |
| 2017 | #456 |
| 2018 | #432 |
| 2019 | #445 |
| 2020 | #427 |
| 2021 | #382 |
| 2022 | #364 |
| 2023 | #303 |
| 2024 | #280 |
| 2025 | #216 |
Selah by the numbers
In 2025, 12 babies in England and Wales were named Selah. In the US, 693 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 685 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Selah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Selah
Names that are said the same way as Selah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Selah, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Selah
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