Salem
- #435 for girls in 2025, 711 births
- #679 for boys in 2025, 400 births
- Given to girls 58.1% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 2023 · 734 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,491since 1976
Salem over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #435 | 711 | #679 | 400 |
| 2024 | #429 | 718 | #631 | 442 |
| 2023 | #417 | 734 | #630 | 440 |
| 2022 | #448 | 700 | #680 | 400 |
| 2021 | #506 | 614 | #714 | 364 |
| 2020 | #608 | 480 | #806 | 288 |
| 2019 | #749 | 377 | #925 | 236 |
| 2018 | #1,009 | 257 | #1,207 | 155 |
| 2017 | #1,190 | 205 | #1,149 | 165 |
| 2016 | #1,284 | 188 | #1,245 | 149 |
| 2015 | #1,425 | 162 | #1,283 | 139 |
| 2014 | #1,519 | 144 | #1,485 | 109 |
| 2013 | #2,096 | 91 | #1,624 | 94 |
| 2012 | #2,205 | 85 | #2,016 | 69 |
| 2011 | #2,695 | 65 | #2,261 | 57 |
| 2010 | #2,670 | 67 | #2,037 | 67 |
| 2009 | #2,359 | 82 | #1,789 | 84 |
| 2008 | #2,773 | 65 | #2,467 | 51 |
| 2007 | #3,096 | 56 | #2,868 | 41 |
| 2006 | #3,090 | 54 | #2,513 | 48 |
| 2005 | #2,865 | 57 | #2,701 | 40 |
| 2004 | #3,033 | 51 | #2,024 | 59 |
| 2003 | #3,291 | 44 | #2,507 | 41 |
| 2002 | #2,709 | 56 | #2,603 | 37 |
| 2001 | #2,808 | 52 | #2,520 | 38 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 | #2,805 | 32 |
| 1999 | #3,148 | 41 | #2,510 | 35 |
| 1998 | #3,173 | 39 | #2,851 | 28 |
| 1997 | #3,448 | 33 | #2,396 | 34 |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | #2,483 | 31 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #3,501 | 18 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #3,813 | 15 |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | #2,865 | 22 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #2,706 | 17 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #3,120 | 11 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,694 | 8 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
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| 1963 | — | #4,048 | 5 | |
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
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| 1951 | — | #3,714 | 5 | |
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
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| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
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| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
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| 1931 | — | #2,864 | 8 | |
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| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,260 | 8 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,517 | 7 | |
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,115 | 8 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five girls were named Salem! It came in at #6,048, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Salem is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- West Virginia#124 · 1 in 423
- Kentucky#165 · 1 in 639
- North Carolina#171 · 1 in 775
- Kansas#193 · 1 in 695
- Nevada#196 · 1 in 708
Best ever in a state: #124 in West Virginia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #124 | 12 | 1 in 423 |
| Kentucky | #165 | 27 | 1 in 639 |
| North Carolina | #171 | 60 | 1 in 775 |
| Kansas | #193 | 17 | 1 in 695 |
| Nevada | #196 | 13 | 1 in 708 |
| Arkansas | #231 | 13 | 1 in 815 |
| Missouri | #238 | 26 | 1 in 935 |
| Mississippi | #242 | 11 | 1 in 809 |
| Indiana | #258 | 27 | 1 in 1,034 |
| Georgia | #269 | 37 | 1 in 1,222 |
| Alabama | #283 | 17 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Oklahoma | #296 | 14 | 1 in 1,056 |
| Nebraska | #335 | 6 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Tennessee | #335 | 24 | 1 in 1,336 |
| Colorado | #337 | 18 | 1 in 1,296 |
| Ohio | #347 | 32 | 1 in 1,477 |
| Iowa | #390 | 8 | 1 in 1,472 |
| Idaho | #402 | 5 | 1 in 1,433 |
| South Carolina | #403 | 12 | 1 in 1,524 |
| Washington | #430 | 16 | 1 in 1,804 |
| Arizona | #477 | 14 | 1 in 2,016 |
| Louisiana | #477 | 9 | 1 in 1,819 |
| Virginia | #484 | 16 | 1 in 2,109 |
| Wisconsin | #484 | 10 | 1 in 2,026 |
| Maryland | #511 | 10 | 1 in 1,999 |
| Illinois | #515 | 19 | 1 in 2,333 |
| Michigan | #519 | 15 | 1 in 2,382 |
| Texas | #539 | 59 | 1 in 2,721 |
| Florida | #542 | 33 | 1 in 2,629 |
| Oregon | #548 | 6 | 1 in 2,175 |
| Pennsylvania | #558 | 19 | 1 in 2,457 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Minnesota | #659 | 7 | 1 in 3,068 |
| California | #662 | 47 | 1 in 3,441 |
| Massachusetts | #682 | 7 | 1 in 3,433 |
| New York | #1,312 | 10 | 1 in 7,833 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Salem
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 6 spots since 2024 (#429 → #435)
- 173 spots since 2020 (#608 → #435)
- Biggest jump: 260 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 12 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 2023 at #417 (734 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,186
- Highest: 1 in 2,186 girls born in 2023 were named Salem (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,261 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 61.0% of all girls named Salem (3,957) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
- Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34 | #6,048 (1976) | #6,662 |
| 1980s | 88 | #5,539 (1984) | #6,821 |
| 1990s | 216 | #3,148 (1999) | #5,473 |
| 2000s | 555 | #2,359 (2009) | #2,948 |
| 2010s | 1,641 | #749 (2019) | #1,684 |
| 2020s | 3,957 | #417 (2023) | #474 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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