Saleh — #1957 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Saleh

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,720 babies named Saleh between 1974 and 2024, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saleh currently holds the #1957 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 83 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saleh performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 591 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Saleh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 257 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Saleh in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saleh 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 1,720 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.