Girls' name · since 1916
Saleta
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 31 babies named Saleta, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #40,675 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1916
- 1980s
- peak decade
31 girls have been named Saleta since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Saleta has 31 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1989.
- #40,675 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 31 born since 1916
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saleta ranks #40,675 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1916, peaking in the 1980s.
- #40,675 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1916
- 1980s
- peak decade
Saleta's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Saleta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Saleta's full recorded timeline at 1987, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Saleta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1989
- Peak year (1989)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 74 years of records
Saleta by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (20 births, 65% of the file).
1980s was Saleta's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Saleta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 20 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Saleta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~73 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, 1916–1989 (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 Saleta 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.