Boys' name · since 2009
Salaar
216 babies named Salaar in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,490 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,124 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 216
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Salaar currently ranks #3124 among boys' names in America, with 216 babies recorded since 2009.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salaar has been recorded 216 times among boys since 2009, currently ranked #3124 nationally and more common than 78% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2025.
- #12,490 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,124 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 216 born since 2009
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salaar ranks #12,490 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,124 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 216 born since 2009, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,490 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,124 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 216
- born since 2009
- 2020s
- peak decade
Salaar's 216 recorded births place it above 72.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Salaar compares
216 39th 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
Salaar's all-time total is 41% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Salaar | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 216 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 34 | 22,252 |
Salaar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Salaar's full recorded timeline at 2019, 77% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 23% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Salaar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Salaar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (157 births, 73% of the file).
2020s was Salaar's strongest decade.
157 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Salaar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 53
2010s
53 births
- 2020s
2020s
157 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 157 births (73% of all-time use).
Salaar by state
Where Salaar concentrates geographically, total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 22 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 9 | 4.2% |
| #3 | California | | 7 | 3.2% |
| #4 | Virginia | | 5 | 2.3% |
22 of 216 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- New York records the most Salaars (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Salaar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~16 yrs)
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, 2009–2025 (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 Salaar 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.