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Origin & history of Selam1
Amharic roots
Selam comes from the Amharic tradition, meaning Peace.
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How popular is Selam?
1998
peak year
The name Selam reached its peak in 1998, with 11 registrations (ranked #8465). It had only entered records 10 years earlier, in 1988. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #14242) today, averaging about 7 new babies per year. Selam has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 205 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
11
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #8,465)
(ranked #8,465)
7
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
70
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
205
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Selam5
Life path number
The Adventurer
Freedom, adventure and curiosity.
🌍Adventurous
🦋Free spirit
🎭Adaptable
💬Magnetic
S1
E5
L3
A1
M4
Sum: 14 → Life path 5
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Personality of Selam🌍
Free spirit
Adventure calls and they always answer.
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Electric energy
Things happen around them — exciting, unexpected.
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Adaptable
New situations are opportunities, never threats.
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Natural charmer
There's something magnetic about them.
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Names that combine with SelamSibling pairings that share the timeless, classic energy of Selam.
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