Salah

Showing
Show data for
Peak · boys
#2,626
2019 · 49 births
Debut · boys
1972
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
990
since 1972

Salah over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,626, 2019girlsat peakboys
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,55422#3,24036
2024#4,66929#3,45533
2023#5,75221#3,11739
2022#6,98416#3,53332
2021#5,09125#4,01126
2020#13,4536#3,91826
2019#12,4487#2,62649
2018—#3,05538
2017—#4,10525
2016#10,11310#3,68129
2015—#3,68429
2014—#3,15435
2013—#4,98118
2012#10,42910#3,80727
2011—#3,51030
2010—#3,30833
2009#10,67910#3,55130
2008#17,5045#3,92126
2007#12,6768#3,44431
2006#15,1526#3,15334
2005#11,8348#3,38929
2004#12,7617#3,53426
2003—#3,83822
2002#15,4325#3,67023
2001—#5,66712
2000—#5,29713
1999—#5,03513
1998—#4,19716
1997—#4,96012
1996—#3,40620
1995—#5,9289
1994—#5,45210
1993—#4,44713
1992—#4,56412
1991—#5,9428
1990—#5,3829
1989—#7,9055
1988—#3,35015
1987—#3,73112
1986—#3,65312
1985—#5,7856
1984—#3,45912
1983—#4,9077
1982—#4,2349
1981—#5,4686
1980—#3,61511
1979—#5,3556
1978——
1977—#5,8455
1976——
1975——
1974——
1973—#5,1015
1972—#4,4416
1971——
1970——
1969——
1968——
1967——
1966——
1965——
1964——
1963——
1962——
1961——
1960——
1959——
1958——
1957——
1956——
1955——
1954——
1953——
1952——
1951——
1950——
1949——
1948——
1947——
1946——
1945——
1944——
1943——
1942——
1941——
1940——
1939——
1938——
1937——
1936——
1935——
1934——
1933——
1932——
1931——
1930——
1929——
1928——
1927——
1926——
1925——
1924——
1923——
1922——
1921——
1920——
1919——
1918——
1917——
1916——
1915——
1914——
1913——
1912——
1911——
1910——
1909——
1908——
1907——
1906——
1905——
1904——
1903——
1902——
1901——
1900——
1899——
1898——
1897——
1896——
1895——
1894——
1893——
1892——
1891——
1890——
1889——
1888——
1887——
1886——
1885——
1884——
1883——
1882——
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1972

The first year at least five boys were named Salah! It came in at #4,441, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1973–1978, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Salah is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedMINew York: #1,576 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 14,070 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Salah, so not publishedFL

Hover or tap a state for its numbers.

Top states · boys
  1. New York#1,576 · 1 in 14,070

Best ever in a state: #695 in Minnesota, 2018.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#1,57661 in 14,070
Alabama———
Alaska———
Arizona———
Arkansas———
California———
Colorado———
Connecticut———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Florida———
Georgia———
Hawaii———
Idaho———
Illinois———
Indiana———
Iowa———
Kansas———
Kentucky———
Louisiana———
Maine———
Maryland———
Massachusetts———
Michigan———
Minnesota———
Mississippi———
Missouri———
Montana———
Nebraska———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
New Jersey———
New Mexico———
North Carolina———
North Dakota———
Ohio———
Oklahoma———
Oregon———
Pennsylvania———
Rhode Island———
South Carolina———
South Dakota———
Tennessee———
Texas———
Utah———
Vermont———
Virginia———
Washington———
West Virginia———
Wisconsin———
Wyoming———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Salah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 215 spots since 2024 (#3,455 → #3,240)
  • 678 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #3,240)
  • 444 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #3,240)
Rise & fade · boys
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2019 at #2,626 (49 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 36,617
  • Highest: 1 in 36,617 boys born in 2019 were named Salah (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 47,447 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 31.6% of all boys named Salah (313) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s22#4,441 (1972)#5,186
1980s95#3,350 (1988)#4,611
1990s122#3,406 (1996)#4,931
2000s246#3,153 (2006)#3,946
2010s313#2,626 (2019)#3,591
2020s192#3,117 (2023)#3,546

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Want to check a specific year?

See where Salah ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: