Girls' name · since 1999
Saleah
Saleah has 260 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,238 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,510 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 260
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saleah currently ranks #10510 among girls' names in America, with 260 babies recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saleah has been recorded 260 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #10510 nationally and more common than 39% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #17,238 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,510 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 260 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saleah ranks #17,238 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,510 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 260 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,238 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,510 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 260
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saleah's 260 recorded births place it above 76.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Saleah compares
260 42nd 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
Saleah's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saleah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 260 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Saleah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2013 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Saleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Saleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (130 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Saleah's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Saleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
130 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 130 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Saleah's data
- Saleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (130 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Saleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Saleah 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.