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Is Selma a Male or Female Name?

Selma is a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Selma globally is 1.4% males and 98.6% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Tunisia with 2.9% and the country with the highest female ratio is Mexico with 99.8%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Selma in percentages: Globally: 1.4% males, 98.6% females, Türkiye: 2.0% males, 98.0% females, Brazil: 0.3% males, 99.7% females, Algeria: 1.8% males, 98.2% females, France: 1.7% males, 98.3% females, United States: 0.6% males, 99.4% females, Germany: 1.9% males, 98.1% females, Netherlands: 1.1% males, 98.9% females, Morocco: 2.0% males, 98.0% females, Namibia: 1.5% males, 98.5% females, Bosnia & Herzegovina: 0.9% males, 99.1% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Selma are 45-54 years old, making up 21.5% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Selma in each age group: 18-24: 11.9%, 25-34: 20.2%, 35-44: 20.1%, 45-54: 21.5%, 55-64: 16.3%, 65+: 10.0%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Selma is Bosnia & Herzegovina with 0.5545% of the population. Following is Namibia and Türkiye.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Selma measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Selma year over year: 1956: 0.0056‰, 1957: 0.0058‰, 1958: 0.0099‰, 1959: 0.0079‰, 1960: 0.0088‰, 1961: 0.0069‰, 1962: 0.0089‰, 1963: 0.0083‰, 1964: 0.0076‰, 1965: 0.0117‰, 1966: 0.0107‰, 1967: 0.0093‰, 1968: 0.0109‰, 1969: 0.0099‰, 1970: 0.0108‰, 1971: 0.0105‰, 1972: 0.0123‰, 1973: 0.0123‰, 1974: 0.0124‰, 1975: 0.0132‰, 1976: 0.0131‰, 1977: 0.0133‰, 1978: 0.0123‰, 1979: 0.0135‰, 1980: 0.0121‰, 1981: 0.0128‰, 1982: 0.0119‰, 1983: 0.0115‰, 1984: 0.0115‰, 1985: 0.0113‰, 1986: 0.0116‰, 1987: 0.012‰, 1988: 0.0114‰, 1989: 0.0111‰, 1990: 0.0129‰, 1991: 0.015‰, 1992: 0.012‰, 1993: 0.01‰, 1994: 0.0088‰, 1995: 0.0088‰, 1996: 0.0095‰, 1997: 0.0089‰, 1998: 0.0077‰, 1999: 0.0043‰, 2000: 0.007‰, 2001: 0.0061‰

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