Girls' name · since 1971
Saleema
202 babies named Saleema in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Saleema sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 202 recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saleema has been recorded 202 times among girls since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2017.
- #19,739 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 202 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saleema ranks #19,739 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 202 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #19,739 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Saleema's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Saleema's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Saleema's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1972, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Saleema popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2017
- Peak year (1988)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Saleema by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (50 births, 25% of the file).
1990s was Saleema's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Saleema births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
28 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 50 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Saleema's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2010s (35) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Saleema: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1971–2017 (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 Saleema 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.