Salik — boys' name
79 babies named Salik in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Salik was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Salik in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Salik
The Social Security Administration has registered 79 babies named Salik between 1973 and 2017, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Salik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Salik performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 37 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Salik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Salik 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 79 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.
Salik at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Salik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1973
- Peak year (1994)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
79 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 8 births in a single year.
Salik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 37 births that decade — 47% of Salik's all-time total
Salik decade highlights
- Peak decade 37 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Salik's strongest decade
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% 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, 1973–2017 (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.