Salma
Salma is ranked 870th among girls in 2024 (310 births). Its best rank was 569th, in 1999.
- Rank in 2024
- #870up 36 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3100.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 1999442 births
- Best rank
- #569in 1999
- Since 1918
- 10,032people given the name
The story in the numbers
10,032 girls have been named Salma in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 442 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2000s alone account for 35%. It has spent 27 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1999, its biggest year
Salma was the 569th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1999 were Emily, Hannah, Alexis, Sarah and Samantha. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Salma
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Maiahpeak 1998
- Zariapeak 2000
- Delaneypeak 2004
- Emonipeak 2014
- Jaylinepeak 2008
- Fatoupeak 2024
- Kyrahpeak 2008
- Emanipeak 2019
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.