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Selby

Selby is a unisex given name: about 72% of people named Selby are men and 28% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly maleMedium
Male 72%Female 28%
Verdict
Mostly male
Male / female split
72% male / 28% female
Confidence
Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in
United States
US births since 1880
683 male / 271 female
Data
nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated
2026-09-11

How to address Selby

To address Selby when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Selby," in English, "Guten Tag Selby," in German. About 72% of people named Selby are men and 28% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Selby,

German

Guten Tag Selby,

French

Bonjour Selby,

Spanish

Estimado/a Selby:

Chinese

Selby您好：

Japanese

Selby様

English

Hi Selby,

German

Hi Selby,

French

Salut Selby,

Spanish

Hola Selby,

Chinese

Selby你好：

Japanese

Selbyさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Selby by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
CountryHow commonUsuallyMale share
United Statesuncommonman's name72%

United States birth data

683 male · 271 female · 954 births recorded

Male 72%Female 28%

Since 1980: 30% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Selby a male or female name?

Selby is a unisex given name: about 72% of people named Selby are men and 28% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Selby in an email?

To address Selby when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Selby," in English, "Guten Tag Selby," in German. About 72% of people named Selby are men and 28% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Is Selby a unisex name?

Selby is not a unisex name: 72% of people named Selby are men. Selby leans strongly male overall.

Related names

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Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Selby a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/selby (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_selby,
  title  = {Is Selby a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/selby},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}