Girls' name · since 1983
Saleha
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 144 babies named Saleha, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Saleha currently ranks #15474 among girls' names in America, with 144 babies recorded since 1983.
Saleha has 144 recorded births among girls since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15474 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2025.
- #23,229 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,474 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 144 born since 1983
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saleha ranks #23,229 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,474 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 144 born since 1983, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 1983
- 2000s
- peak decade
Saleha's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Saleha compares
144 31st 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
Saleha's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saleha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 144 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saleha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Saleha splits its recorded history at 2009: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Saleha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Saleha by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (37 births, 26% of the file).
2000s was Saleha's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Saleha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
28 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
32 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 37 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Saleha's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 2020s (36) -- 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 Saleha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Saleha 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.