Saloma — #7588 US girls' name
686 babies named Saloma in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to girls today.
21% of everyone ever named Saloma was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Saloma in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saloma
The Social Security Administration has registered 686 babies named Saloma between 1888 and 2024, spanning 137 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saloma currently holds the #7588 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saloma performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 146 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Saloma shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 68 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Saloma in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saloma 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 686 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.
Saloma at a glance
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Current rank
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Saloma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1888
- Peak year (2023)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 137 years of records
Currently ranks #7588 among girls.
686 total births across 137 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 24 births in a single year.
Saloma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 146 births that decade — 21% of Saloma's all-time total
Saloma decade highlights
- Peak decade 146 births
- Runner-up 118 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saloma's strongest decade
146 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 21% of all-time use.
Saloma by state
Where Saloma concentrates geographically — total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 68 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 43 | 6.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 23 | 3.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
68 of 686 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 9.9% of nationwide
- Missouri 6.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.4% of nationwide
- New York 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 9.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1888–2024 (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.