Girls' name · since 1961
Salwa
Salwa has 883 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,795 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 883
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
883 babies have been named Salwa since 1961, making it today's #4795 girls' name.
Salwa has 883 recorded births among girls since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4795 as of the latest data, more common than 72% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #8,181 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,795 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 883 born since 1961
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Salwa ranks #8,181 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,795 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 883 born since 1961, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,795 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 883
- born since 1961
- 2010s
- peak decade
Salwa's 883 recorded births place it above 88.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Salwa compares
883 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Salwa's all-time total is 135% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Salwa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 883 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 21 | 19,840 |
Salwa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Salwa splits its recorded history at 2001: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 40 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Salwa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Salwa by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (291 births, 33% of the file).
2010s was Salwa's strongest decade.
291 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Salwa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 33
1970s
33 births
- 1980s 60
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
127 births
- 2000s
2000s
174 births
- 2010s
2010s
291 births
- 2020s
2020s
192 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 291 births (33% of all-time use).
How Salwa 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 Salwa's total volume
Salwa by state
Where Salwa concentrates geographically, total births since 1961
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 41 | 4.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 30 | 3.4% |
| #3 | California | | 19 | 2.2% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 18 | 2.0% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
41 of 883 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Salwa's data
- Salwa's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (291 total births) through the 2020s (192) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Salwas (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Salwa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Salwa 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.