Salina — #4658 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Salina

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,203 babies named Salina between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Salina currently holds the #4658 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 385 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Salina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,827 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Salina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,742 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Salina in 28 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Salina 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 7,203 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.