Saleh

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Peak · boys
#1,823
2018 · 83 births
Debut · boys
1974
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,777
since 1974

Saleh over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Saleh has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank197019801990200020102020peak #1,823, 2018boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2,45155
2024—#1,93881
2023—#1,95479
2022#13,5926#2,03974
2021—#2,27761
2020—#2,19063
2019—#2,26561
2018—#1,82383
2017—#1,93574
2016—#1,93675
2015—#2,32856
2014—#2,25659
2013—#2,33654
2012—#2,55148
2011—#2,66345
2010—#3,12836
2009—#3,04538
2008—#2,54249
2007—#2,50450
2006—#3,08335
2005—#2,56743
2004—#2,84336
2003—#2,99332
2002—#3,02230
2001—#3,41025
2000—#3,21926
1999—#3,27924
1998—#2,85128
1997—#2,90326
1996—#3,20222
1995—#2,76226
1994—#3,10922
1993—#2,86524
1992—#2,46729
1991—#2,68325
1990—#3,77915
1989—#2,61524
1988—#2,86019
1987—#4,23910
1986—#3,44013
1985—#4,6988
1984—#2,82416
1983—#3,63011
1982—#2,70917
1981—#3,41212
1980—#4,9407
1979—#5,3556
1978—#5,7725
1977—#5,8455
1976—#5,5875
1975—#5,4645
1974—#5,2275
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First appearance
1974

The first year at least five boys were named Saleh! It came in at #5,227, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1974–1980, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Saleh is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedWIMichigan: #905 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,742 boysMINew York: #1,410 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 12,060 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,364 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 13,498 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedHITexas: #2,080 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,007 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Saleh, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Michigan#905 · 1 in 5,742
  2. California#1,364 · 1 in 13,498
  3. New York#1,410 · 1 in 12,060
  4. Texas#2,080 · 1 in 25,007

Best ever in a state: #439 in Michigan, 2017.

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Michigan#90571 in 5,742
California#1,364131 in 13,498
New York#1,41071 in 12,060
Texas#2,08071 in 25,007
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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.

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See more about Saleh
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 261 spots since 2020 (#2,190 → #2,451)
Rise & fade · boys
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1974
  • Peaked 2018 at #1,823 (83 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 21,270
  • Highest: 1 in 21,270 boys born in 2024 were named Saleh (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 31,056 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,823 in 2018, was only 1 in 21,881 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 33.3% of all boys named Saleh (591) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s31#5,227 (1974)#5,542
1980s137#2,615 (1989)#3,537
1990s241#2,467 (1992)#2,990
2000s364#2,504 (2007)#2,923
2010s591#1,823 (2018)#2,322
2020s413#1,938 (2024)#2,142

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.

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