Saliah — girls' name
94 babies named Saliah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Saliah was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Saliah in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saliah
The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Saliah between 1999 and 2021, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saliah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saliah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Saliah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saliah 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 94 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.
Saliah at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saliah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1999
- Peak year (2014)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
94 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 11 births in a single year.
Saliah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 42 births that decade — 45% of Saliah's all-time total
Saliah decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saliah's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.