Girls' name · since 1973
Salana
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 36 babies named Salana, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #38,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,543 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 36
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Salana is the #13543 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 36 recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Salana recorded 36 times among girls since 1973, holding rank #13543 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #38,946 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,543 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 36 born since 1973
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salana ranks #38,946 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,543 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 36 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.
- #38,946 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,543 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 36
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Salana's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Salana compares
36 12th 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
Salana's all-time total is 90% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Salana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 36 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Salana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Salana's full recorded timeline at 2022, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Salana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Salana by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (20 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Salana's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Salana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 20 births (56% 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, 1973–2025 (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 Salana 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.