Selim is a distinctive choice, ranked #1000 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Selim in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1000
About the Name Selim
Selim is currently at its most popular point on record, sitting at UK #1000. The name has climbed 1076 places in the last five years β a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1998.
Selim is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school β standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Selim
Unlikely. With around 30 UK babies named Selim per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Selim in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Selim is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 1076 places over the last five years to #1000 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Selim is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Selim include: MAH Selim β M.; Sheikh Selim β Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim is a Bangladeshi politician who was a 9-term Member of Parliament representing the Gopalganj-2 constituency during 1980β2024.; Mujahidul Islam Selim β Mujahidul Islam Khan Selim is a Bangladeshi politician..
Selim does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice β your child is unlikely to encounter American Selims in the wild.
30
UK babies named Selim (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 1076 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Selim
Likely around 1 other Selim in the class
UK Popularity (1998–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Selim
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
M.A.H. Selim, also known as Silver Selim, is a Bangladeshi Industrialist, Freedom Fighter and Politician of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Bagerhat-2.
Sheikh Fazlul Karim Selim is a Bangladeshi politician who was a 9-term Member of Parliament representing the Gopalganj-2 constituency during 1980β2024. He is a presidium member of the Bangladesh Awami League.
Selim III (Ottoman Turkish: Ψ³ΩΩΩ Ψ«Ψ§ΩΨ«, romanized: Selim-i sΓ’lis; Turkish: III. Selim; 24 December 1761 β 28 July 1808) was the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1789 to 1807.
Mai Abdel-Jabbar Hamdan Selim, commonly known as Mai Selim (Arabic: Ω Ω Ψ³ΩΩΩ ), is a Jordanian singer and actress. Her sisters are Mais Hamdan and Dana Hamdan.
Selim Khedouri Zilkha was an Iraqi-born British entrepreneur, who founded Mothercare, one of the UK's largest retail chains until it was put into administration in 2019.
Selim Khimshiashvili was a Georgian nobleman of the Khimshiashvili princedom and dukedom and a Beylerbey of Adjara under the Ottoman suzerainty, but with considerable autonomy. His seizure of power in the Pashalik of Akhaltsikh and attempts to bring all of "Ottoman Georgia" under his rule led to a fallout with the sultan's government and a war which ended in Selim's death.