Salam — #15879 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Salam

The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Salam between 1988 and 2024, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Salam currently holds the #15879 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Salam is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 128 additional births since 1985.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Salam performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Salam shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Salam in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Salam 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 260 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.