Unisex name · since 1988
Salam
Salam has 267 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,967 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,324 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Salam currently ranks #12324 among unisex names in America, with 267 babies recorded since 1988.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salam has been recorded 267 times among girls since 1988, currently ranked #12324 nationally and more common than 29% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #16,967 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,324 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 267 born since 1988
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salam ranks #16,967 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,324 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 267 born since 1988, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,967 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,324 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 267
- born since 1988
- 1990s
- peak decade
Salam's 267 recorded births place it above 76.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Salam compares
267 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Salam's all-time total is 29% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Salam | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 267 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Salam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Salam splits its recorded history at 2006: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Salam popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Salam popularity over time - boys
128 total births recorded since 1985 (Salam as boys' name)
Salam by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (94 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Salam's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Salam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
94 births
- 2000s
2000s
77 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s 30
2020s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 94 births (35% of all-time use).
Salam by state
Where Salam concentrates geographically, total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 267 births nationwide.
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What to do with Salam's data
- Salam's decade-level peak was the 1990s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Salams (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois 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 Salam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Salam 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.