Selma

Girl name

Selma ranks #3,515 out of 53,930 dog names in our data (the #1 name is Bella). Across all 4 places, 16 licensed dogs carry the name. It's also a cat name: #2,074 for cats.

Selma's popularity trend

Selma's share of Allegheny County's licensed dogs, year by year — the place with the fullest records for this name. Share (its per-100k slice of that year's dogs) is the only figure comparable across years, since each year's counted population differs.

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Year	Share
2025	0.002%
2024	0.001%
2023	0.001%
2022	0.003%
2021	0.002%
2020	0.002%
2019	0.003%
2018	0.002%
2017	0.002%
2016	0.001%
2015	0.001%
2014	0.001%
2013	0.002%
2012	0.002%
2011	0.001%
2010	0.001%
2009	0.001%
2008	0.002%
2007	0.002%

Licensed dogs in our data

across 4 places

Popularity rank

#3,515

of 53,930 names in our data

5-year rank move

−6,470

2020 → 2025

Gender split

100% girls

100% girls0% boys

Where Selma shows up

Selma's share of each place's counted dogs. Places count differently — hover a Share figure for the basis. Click a heading to sort.


Basel-StadtSwitzerland	0.0%
ZürichSwitzerland	0.0%
New York CityUnited States of America	0.0%
Allegheny CountyUnited States of America	0.0%

Names like Selma

Selena Selkie Selene Selah Wilma Alma Thelma Velma Bulma Palma Vilma Dolma