Salita — girls' name
55 babies named Salita in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
71% of everyone ever named Salita was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Salita in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Salita
The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Salita between 1987 and 1992, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Salita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Salita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Salita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Salita 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 55 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.
Salita at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Salita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1987
- Peak year (1988)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
55 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 17 births in a single year.
Salita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 39 births that decade — 71% of Salita's all-time total
Salita decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Salita's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% 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, 1987–1992 (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.