Unisex name · since 1972
Salah
990 babies named Salah in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,170 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,273 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 990
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
990 babies have been named Salah since 1972, making it today's #3273 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Salah recorded 990 times among boys since 1972, holding rank #3273 nationally today, ahead of 77% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #5,170 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,273 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 990 born since 1972
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salah ranks #5,170 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,273 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 990 born since 1972, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,170 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,273 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 990
- born since 1972
- 2010s
- peak decade
Salah's 990 recorded births place it above 88.63% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Salah compares
990 Top 32% higher than 68% of 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
Salah's all-time total is 168% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Salah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 990 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 49 | 34 | 22,252 |
Salah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Salah splits its recorded history at 2001: 75% of all births land in the more recent half, 25% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 49 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Salah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 49
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Salah popularity over time - girls
195 total births recorded since 2002 (Salah as girls' name)
Salah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (313 births, 32% of the file).
2010s was Salah's strongest decade.
313 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Salah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 22
1970s
22 births
- 1980s 95
1980s
95 births
- 1990s 122
1990s
122 births
- 2000s
2000s
246 births
- 2010s
2010s
313 births
- 2020s
2020s
192 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 313 births (32% of all-time use).
How Salah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Salah's total volume
Salah by state
Where Salah concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 52 | 5.3% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 22 | 2.2% |
| #3 | California | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #6 | Texas | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.6% |
52 of 990 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Salah's data
- Salah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (313 total births) through the 2020s (192) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Salahs (52 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Salah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Salah 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.