Salmah
- #13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 7 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 59since 1999
Salmah over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Salmah has never cracked the top 10,000 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 | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 |
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| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
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| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
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| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
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| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 |
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| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
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First appearance
1999
The first year at least five girls were named Salmah! It came in at #14,411, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2000, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Salmah is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Salmah in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Salmah
Momentum · girls
Brand new
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1999
- Peaked 2001 at #12,056 (7 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 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 257,232
- Highest: 1 in 257,232 girls born in 2001 were named Salmah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 42.4% of all girls named Salmah (25) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5 | #14,411 (1999) | #14,411 |
| 2000s | 25 | #12,056 (2001) | #14,312 |
| 2010s | 23 | #13,793 (2018) | #14,447 |
| 2020s | 6 | #13,208 (2025) | #13,208 |
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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