Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Salaam

#17,695 most common boys' name of all time · #46,249 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1974–2024

Rank among boys
#17,695
Rank overall
#46,249 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
12 of 146
All-time
70
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1997 #6,907
Best rank
#5,659 1977
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
198020002020

Salaam first appears in 1974. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 — 5 5 #12,739
2004 — 6 6 #10,377
1997 — 8 8 #6,907
1995 — 6 6 #8,231
1994 — 5 5 #9,307
1993 — 5 5 #9,272
1992 — 7 7 #7,007
1990 — 5 5 #8,758
1987 — 7 7 #5,869
1983 — 5 5 #6,920
1977 — 6 6 #5,659
1974 — 5 5 #5,971