Selby
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning from the willow farm; a surname used as given name.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Selby by the numbers
Selby was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 24 babies in 1922, making it a 1920s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Selby. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a tree
Like Selby, each of these has a tree in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
- Oliverolive tree; peace3,154 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hazelthe hazel tree; hazel-eyed5,019 in the US (2017)
- Rowanlittle red one; the rowan tree1,398 in England and Wales (2025)
- Willowthe willow tree; grace, flexibility1,384 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ashtonash tree settlement3,129 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Selby, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Selby
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