Girls' name · since 1974
Salama
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 47 babies named Salama, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #35,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,342 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
47 babies have been named Salama since 1974, making it today's #15342 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salama has been recorded 47 times among girls since 1974, currently ranked #15342 nationally and more common than 11% of girls, 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 1974 to 2025.
- #35,774 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,342 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 47 born since 1974
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salama ranks #35,774 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,342 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 47 born since 1974, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,342 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 47
- born since 1974
- 2020s
- peak decade
Salama's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Salama compares
47 15th 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
Salama's all-time total is 87% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Salama | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 47 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Salama's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Salama splits its recorded history at 2020: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1974 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Salama popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Salama by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (25 births, 53% of the file).
2020s was Salama's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Salama births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
12 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 25 births (53% of all-time use).
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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, 1974–2025 (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 Salama 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.