Salima
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 20 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 598since 1969
Salima over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Salima has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 |
| 2021 | #7,630 | 14 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 |
| 1996 | #7,574 | 11 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five girls were named Salima! It came in at #6,617, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2004, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Salima is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Salima in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 584 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #6,546)
- 2,407 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #6,546)
- 1,462 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #6,546)
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1976 at #3,407 (20 births)
- Births halved by 1979, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 73,255
- Highest: 1 in 73,255 girls born in 1976 were named Salima (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 20.9% of all girls named Salima (125) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6 | #6,617 (1969) | #6,617 |
| 1970s | 91 | #3,407 (1976) | #6,417 |
| 1980s | 91 | #5,065 (1988) | #7,641 |
| 1990s | 89 | #6,867 (1990) | #9,361 |
| 2000s | 104 | #6,487 (2000) | #9,555 |
| 2010s | 125 | #5,619 (2018) | #9,325 |
| 2020s | 92 | #5,962 (2024) | #7,340 |
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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