first name
SELVIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,402 people named Selvin, 89.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6.7% as Black and 2.3% as White. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Selvin peaked in 2021, when 65 babies got the name.
At least 1,548 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Selvin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #5,522. The largest share of babies named Selvin, 40.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Exactly as common as Selvin
2 other first names also have 4,402 people.
Either side of Selvin
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Selvin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Selvin ranks #92,574 of 156,621, with 213 people. See Selvin as a last name
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