Salimah
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1976 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 281since 1969
Salimah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Salimah has never cracked the top 5,000 here.
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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | — | |
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| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
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| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
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| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
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| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 |
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| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
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| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
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First appearance
1969
The first year at least five girls were named Salimah! It came in at #7,471, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1975, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Salimah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Salimah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Salimah
Momentum · girls
Brand new
Rise & fade · girls
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1976 at #5,215 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 1 yr 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 133,191
- Highest: 1 in 133,191 girls born in 1976 were named Salimah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 24.9% of all girls named Salimah (70) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #7,471 (1969) | #7,471 |
| 1970s | 32 | #5,215 (1976) | #5,656 |
| 1980s | 63 | #6,789 (1980) | #8,727 |
| 1990s | 70 | #7,104 (1998) | #10,205 |
| 2000s | 46 | #10,745 (2000) | #13,649 |
| 2010s | 42 | #11,427 (2018) | #13,360 |
| 2020s | 23 | #12,243 (2022) | #13,975 |
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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