Girls' name · since 2004
Salaya
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 174 babies named Salaya, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,281 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,855 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 174
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
174 babies have been named Salaya since 2004, making it today's #9855 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Salaya recorded 174 times among girls since 2004, holding rank #9855 nationally today, ahead of 43% of girls, 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 2004 to 2025.
- #21,281 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,855 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 174 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salaya ranks #21,281 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,855 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 174 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,281 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,855 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 174
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Salaya's 174 recorded births place it above 70.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Salaya compares
174 34th 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
Salaya's all-time total is 54% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Salaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 174 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Salaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Salaya's full recorded timeline at 2014, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Salaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Salaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (69 births, 40% of the file).
2010s was Salaya's strongest decade.
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Salaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
60 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 69 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Salaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (69 total births) through the 2020s (60) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2004–2025 (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 Salaya 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.