Girls' name · since 1987
Salita
Since 1987, U.S. Social Security records show 55 babies named Salita, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #33,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1987
- 1980s
- peak decade
Salita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 55 recorded since 1987.
Salita has 55 recorded births among girls since 1987, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 1992.
- #33,965 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 1987
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salita ranks #33,965 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1987, peaking in the 1980s.
- #33,965 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1987
- 1980s
- peak decade
Salita's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Salita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Salita's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 29% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 71%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Salita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1992
- Peak year (1988)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Salita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (39 births, 71% of the file).
1980s was Salita's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Salita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
39 births
- 1990s
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 39 births (71% of all-time use).
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- Salita's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 1990s (16) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Salita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~5 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, 1987–1992 (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 Salita 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.