Seldon
Recorded 1882–2006 · United States
Seldon was most popular in 1916, when 35 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,225 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 988 people named Seldon.
Seldon over time
How old is the name Seldon?
Seldon first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1882, which makes it about 143 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 84 of the 144 years since. It was last recorded in 2006.
How many people are named Seldon?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 988 American births named Seldon between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 298 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Seldon in 2025?
Seldon was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Is Seldon a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Seldon is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 988 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Seldon?
Roughly 298 Americans named Seldon are alive today — 30% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 66 years old, and half are between 51 and 78.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Seldon is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org