Saleem — #2081 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Saleem

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,892 babies named Saleem between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saleem currently holds the #2081 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saleem performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 471 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Saleem shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 459 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Saleem in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saleem in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,892 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.