#2802024 rank
2024peak year
13,747babies named Selah since 1880
▲ +60%5-year trend
Selah popularity over 145 years
⭐ Sweet spot — known but not everywhere · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Selah mean?
A mysterious term appearing throughout the Psalms, likely a musical direction to pause or reflect. Rarely used before recent decades, it now reads as a serene spiritual pick.
OriginHebrew
Syllables2
Gendergirl
Stylemythic, modern
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