Salmo — girls' name
12 babies named Salmo in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
58% of everyone ever named Salmo was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Salmo in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Salmo
The Social Security Administration has registered 12 babies named Salmo between 2007 and 2017, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Salmo currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Salmo performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Salmo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Salmo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Salmo 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 12 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.
Salmo at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Salmo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2007
- Peak year (2007)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
12 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 7 births in a single year.
Salmo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 7 births that decade — 58% of Salmo's all-time total
Salmo decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Salmo's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 58% of all-time use.
Salmo by state
Where Salmo concentrates geographically — total births since 2007
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Minnesota | | 5 | 41.7% |
5 of 12 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Minnesota 41.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Minnesota accounts for 41.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 2007–2017 (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.