Salmaan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Salmaan

The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Salmaan between 1993 and 2023, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Salmaan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Salmaan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 109 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Salmaan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Salmaan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Salmaan 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 257 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.