JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<select id='year'><option>Year</option></select>
JavaScript
var years = [2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014];
$.each(years, function(k, v){
var option = $('<option/>', {'value':v, 'text':v})
$('#year').append(option);
});