Girls' name · since 1946
Salene
Salene has 170 recorded births since 1946 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1946
- 2000s
- peak decade
Salene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 170 recorded since 1946.
Salene has 170 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1946 to 2023.
- #21,501 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 1946
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salene ranks #21,501 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 1946, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,501 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 1946
- 2000s
- peak decade
Salene's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Salene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Salene splits its recorded history at 2006: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1946 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Salene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2023
- Peak year (2007)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 78 years of records
Salene by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (56 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Salene's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Salene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 56 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Salene's decade-level peak was the 2000s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Salene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~77 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, 1946–2023 (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 Salene 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.