Girls' name · since 1999
Saliah
Saliah has 94 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,833 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saliah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 94 recorded since 1999.
Saliah has 94 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2021.
- #27,833 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 94 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saliah ranks #27,833 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 94 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #27,833 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 94
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saliah's 94 recorded births place it above 61.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Saliah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Saliah splits its recorded history at 2010: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2000 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Saliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2021
- Peak year (2014)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Saliah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (42 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Saliah's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Saliah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 42 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Saliah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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 Saliah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1999–2021 (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 Saliah 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.