Girls' name · since 1918
Salma
Salma has 10,311 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #936 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,311
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Salma currently ranks #936 among girls' names in America, with 10,311 babies recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salma has been recorded 10,311 times among girls since 1918, currently ranked #936 nationally and more common than 95% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #1,629 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #936 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,311 born since 1918
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salma ranks #1,629 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #936 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,311 born since 1918, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,629 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #936 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,311
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Salma's 10,311 recorded births place it above 97.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Salma compares
10,311 Top 9% higher than 91% of 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
Salma's all-time total is 27x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Salma | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,311 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 442 | 21 | 19,840 |
Salma's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Salma's full recorded timeline at 1999, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 442 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Salma popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 442
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Salma popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2012 (Salma as boys' name)
Salma by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (3,488 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Salma's strongest decade.
3,488 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Salma births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1970s 59
1970s
59 births
- 1980s 178
1980s
178 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,535 births
- 2000s
2000s
3,488 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,321 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,724 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 3,488 births (34% of all-time use).
How Salma compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Salma's total volume
Salma by state
Where Salma concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,888 | 18.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,335 | 12.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 877 | 8.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 592 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 581 | 5.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 504 | 4.9% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 377 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 310 | 3.0% |
1,888 of 10,311 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Salma appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Salma's data
- Salma's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (3,488 total births) through the 2020s (1,724) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Salmas (1,888 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Salma
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Salma: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1918–2025 (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 Salma 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.