Saladin — boys' name

What the Data Says About Saladin

The Social Security Administration has registered 174 babies named Saladin between 1960 and 2022, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saladin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saladin performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Saladin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saladin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saladin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 174 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.