Boys' name · since 2004

Abdulsalam

110 babies named Abdulsalam in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#16,773 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,226 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
110
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade

110 babies have been named Abdulsalam since 2004, making it today's #10226 boys' name.

Social Security Administration records show Abdulsalam recorded 110 times among boys since 2004, holding rank #10226 nationally today, ahead of 27% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.

  • #16,773 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #10,226 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 110 born since 2004
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abdulsalam ranks #16,773 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,226 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 110 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.

#16,773 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#10,226 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
110
born since 2004
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%26.5%
Abdulsalam vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Abdulsalam's 110 recorded births place it above 62.99% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Abdulsalam compares

110 27th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Abdulsalam's all-time total is 70% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Abdulsalam Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 110 369 358,536
Peak-year births 15 34 22,252

Abdulsalam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Abdulsalam splits its recorded history at 2019: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2004 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Abdulsalam popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2016)
15
Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
05101520 20042012201620182020202220242025 7

Abdulsalam by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (52 births, 47% of the file).

2020s was Abdulsalam's strongest decade.

52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.

Abdulsalam births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 52 births (47% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Abdulsalam?
110 babies have been named Abdulsalam since 2004. All-time, it sits at #16,773 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,226 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2016 with 15 births.
Where does Abdulsalam sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Abdulsalam ranks #16,773 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,226 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Abdulsalam most popular?
Abdulsalam was most popular in the 2020s decade with 52 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Abdulsalam been used?
The SSA has tracked Abdulsalam since 2004 -- 22 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Abdulsalam?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Abdullah, Abdiel, Abdul, Abdulrahman, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Abdulsalam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Abdulsalam draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.