Salina

#4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births

Peak · girls
1977 · 385 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,239
since 1882

Salina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Salina has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #495, 1977girls
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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
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#4,06735
2024#4,66929
2023#3,91138
2022#3,89338
2021#4,24533
2020#4,45330
2019#3,71840
2018#4,00136
2017#3,99637
2016#4,15735
2015#3,70541
2014#3,00556
2013#2,80461
2012#2,93558
2011#2,72564
2010#3,68942
2009#2,85261
2008#2,88761
2007#2,96460
2006#2,35380
2005#2,73161
2004#2,44669
2003#2,12582
2002#1,98488
2001#1,87293
2000#1,77698
1999#1,548109
1998#1,458117
1997#1,319131
1996#1,232142
1995#838233
1994#775262
1993#800252
1992#945205
1991#957198
1990#1,017178
1989#926194
1988#935180
1987#1,025151
1986#984160
1985#981156
1984#918162
1983#898168
1982#817192
1981#841186
1980#840186
1979#889169
1978#762202
1977#495385
1976#849161
1975#1,25290
1974#1,124103
1973#1,17592
1972#1,26381
1971#1,17298
1970#2,08139
1969#1,78447
1968#1,64749
1967#1,68246
1966#2,30827
1965#2,03133
1964#2,07133
1963#2,42425
1962#1,94735
1961#1,95535
1960#2,24627
1959#3,25414
1958#2,37623
1957#4,2029
1956#5,3256
1955#4,7407
1954#2,88915
1953#4,2268
1952#2,80615
1951#3,48210
1950#4,3157
1949#3,8928
1948#2,70114
1947#3,24011
1946—
1945#3,6767
1944—
1943—
1942—
1941—
1940—
1939—
1938#2,34013
1937—
1936—
1935—
1934#3,4497
1933#3,7536
1932—
1931#3,2268
1930—
1929#3,3948
1928#4,1956
1927#4,2866
1926#3,04610
1925#3,11610
1924#3,6658
1923#3,12510
1922#3,6558
1921#3,6668
1920#3,3409
1919#2,64012
1918#3,8697
1917#2,69311
1916#3,2588
1915#3,1348
1914—
1913#2,5407
1912#1,9819
1911#1,9567
1910#1,52110
1909—
1908#2,1015
1907#1,3849
1906#1,4168
1905#1,9315
1904—
1903#1,7925
1902—
1901#1,4666
1900#1,4318
1899#1,3946
1898#1,5026
1897#1,5555
1896#1,4166
1895#1,5925
1894#1,2377
1893—
1892#1,4505
1891#1,0068
1890#1,2106
1889—
1888#1,0367
1887—
1886#9936
1885—
1884#1,0245
1883—
1882#8136
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Salina! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Salina is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedNHWashington: #357 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,277 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #494 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,176 girlsMNIllinois: #396 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,583 girlsILWisconsin: #512 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,796 girlsWIMichigan: #344 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,596 girlsMINew York: #715 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,991 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedRIOregon: #321 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,841 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedSDIowa: #379 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,157 girlsIAIndiana: #503 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,404 girlsINOhio: #830 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,019 girlsOHPennsylvania: #375 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,887 girlsPANew Jersey: #572 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,588 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #299 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 1,591 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedWVVirginia: #457 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,524 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedDEArizona: #221 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 997 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedKSArkansas: #405 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,599 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #698 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,614 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedMSAlabama: #588 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,601 girlsALGeorgia: #499 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,649 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Salina, so not publishedHITexas: #427 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,644 girlsTXFlorida: #675 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,401 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#221 · 1 in 997
  2. California#299 · 1 in 1,591
  3. Oregon#321 · 1 in 1,841
  4. Michigan#344 · 1 in 2,596
  5. Washington#357 · 1 in 2,277

Best ever in a state: #221 in Arizona, 1977.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#221161 in 997
California#299941 in 1,591
Oregon#32181 in 1,841
Michigan#344221 in 2,596
Washington#357101 in 2,277
Pennsylvania#375231 in 2,887
Iowa#37961 in 3,157
Illinois#396281 in 2,583
Arkansas#40551 in 2,599
Texas#427381 in 2,644
Virginia#45781 in 3,524
Minnesota#49451 in 5,176
Georgia#49991 in 3,649
Indiana#50381 in 4,404
Wisconsin#51251 in 5,796
New Jersey#57281 in 4,588
Alabama#58851 in 4,601
Florida#67581 in 5,401
North Carolina#69851 in 6,614
New York#715171 in 5,991
Ohio#83071 in 10,019
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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 Salina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 602 spots since 2024 (#4,669 → #4,067)
  • 386 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #4,067)
  • 362 spots since 2015 (#3,705 → #4,067)
  • Biggest jump: 403 spots in 1976 (#1,252 → #849)
  • Biggest drop: 394 spots in 1996 (#838 → #1,232)
Rise & fade · girls
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1977 at #495 (385 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 20 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1976–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,982
  • Highest: 1 in 3,982 girls born in 1977 were named Salina (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 45,922 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 25.2% of all girls named Salina (1,827) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s24#813 (1882)#967
1890s54#1,006 (1891)#1,374
1900s46#1,384 (1907)#1,646
1910s79#1,521 (1910)#2,621
1920s83#3,046 (1926)#3,549
1930s34#2,340 (1938)#3,192
1940s40#2,701 (1948)#3,377
1950s114#2,376 (1958)#3,762
1960s357#1,647 (1968)#2,010
1970s1,420#495 (1977)#1,106
1980s1,735#817 (1982)#917
1990s1,827#775 (1994)#1,089
2000s753#1,776 (2000)#2,399
2010s470#2,725 (2011)#3,474
2020s203#3,893 (2022)#4,206

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.

Salina in 1977

girls
#495
385 births · 1 in 3,982 girls

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #495Salina385
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 3,982 of them was named Salina, which outranked 95.6% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Salina
  1. #491Randi387
  2. #493Leanne386
  3. #493Sheryl386
  4. #495Salina385
  5. #496Shari384
  6. #497Constance383
  7. #498Marjorie381
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1977 →