Girls' name · since 1999
Salimatou
124 babies named Salimatou in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,780 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,189 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Salimatou is the #9189 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 124 recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salimatou has been recorded 124 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #9189 nationally and more common than 47% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #24,780 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,189 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 124 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salimatou ranks #24,780 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,189 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 124 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,780 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,189 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 124
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Salimatou's 124 recorded births place it above 65.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Salimatou compares
124 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Salimatou's all-time total is 67% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Salimatou | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 124 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Salimatou's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Salimatou's full recorded timeline at 2011, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Salimatou popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Salimatou by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (52 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Salimatou's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Salimatou births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
45 births
- 2010s
2010s
52 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 52 births (42% of all-time use).
Salimatou by state
Where Salimatou concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 15 | 12.1% |
15 of 124 births nationwide.
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- Salimatou's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (52 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Salimatous (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Salimatou: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Salimatou 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.