Salih — #4340 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Salih

The Social Security Administration has registered 565 babies named Salih between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Salih currently holds the #4340 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Salih performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Salih shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Salih in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Salih 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 565 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.