Selima
Girl name
Selima meaning
Variant transcription of SALIMA "safe", derived from Arabic (salima) "to be safe, healthy".
Selima at a glance
- Used as
- Girl name
- Listed in
- Muslim baby names
- Script form
- سليمةAs listed by MuslimNames.com; not independently verified
- Latest U.S. rank (girl)
- #16,210 in 2016
Selima popularity in the U.S.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 2016 | #16,210 | 5 |
All 9 ranked years
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1978 | #8,561 | 6 |
| 1979 | #9,011 | 6 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 2012 | #16,866 | 5 |
| 2015 | #16,416 | 5 |
| 2016 | #16,210 | 5 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
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Meaning source: MuslimNames.com via the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset.
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