Girls' name · since 1944
Salinda
207 babies named Salinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1944, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #19,487 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1944
- 1980s
- peak decade
Salinda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 207 have been recorded since 1944.
Social Security Administration records show Salinda recorded 207 times among girls since 1944, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2007.
- #19,487 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 207 born since 1944
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salinda ranks #19,487 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 207 born since 1944, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,487 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 207
- born since 1944
- 1980s
- peak decade
Salinda's 207 recorded births place it above 73.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Salinda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Salinda splits its recorded history at 1979: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1946 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Salinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2007
- Peak year (1958)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Salinda by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (57 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Salinda's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Salinda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1960s
1960s
39 births
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
57 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 57 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Salinda's decade-level peak was the 1980s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Salinda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1944–2007 (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 Salinda 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.