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Selah
Rank in 2024
#280
Born in 2024
1,122
Peak year
2024 · #280
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 1,122 girls were named Selah, about 1 in every 1,438.
- 2024 is its biggest year on record.
- It first shows up in the records in 1962.
- 13,747 girls have been named Selah since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Selah per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0Greatest1901–27
- 0Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.5Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 71 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 259 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,203 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,208 babies, 0.45 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Biblical Hebrew סֶלָה (selāh); according to some scholars, from סָלָה (salah, “to hang”, implying “to weigh”, “to measure”). ==== Interjection ==== Selah Alternative letter-case form of selah. ==== Proper noun ==== Selah A female given name from Hebrew derived from the Biblical interjection (possibly mistaken for a name).
- A female given name from Hebrew derived from the Biblical interjection (possibly mistaken for a name).
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Selah, CC BY-SA 4.0.