Salam**
#12,688 most common girls' name of all time · #20,991 across all names · 32% male / 68% female · used 1985–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#12,688
Rank overall
#20,991 of 105,966
First appeared
1985
Years on the list
37 of 146
All-time
395
Since 2016
99
Peak year
1993 #6,224
Best rank
#6,224 1993
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Salam first appears in 1985. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,320 |
| 2024 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #15,949 |
| 2023 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,630 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #14,015 |
| 2020 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,781 |
| 2019 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,761 |
| 2018 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,399 |
| 2017 | 5 | 9 | 14 | #16,649 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #14,913 |
| 2015 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #13,479 |
| 2013 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #11,366 |
| 2012 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #15,582 |
| 2011 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,606 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,720 |
| 2009 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,905 |
| 2008 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #13,030 |
| 2007 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #14,482 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,199 |
| 2005 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,267 |
| 2004 | 13 | 5 | 18 | #8,514 |
| 2003 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #13,025 |
| 2002 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,339 |
| 2001 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #11,552 |
| 2000 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,353 |
| 1999 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #9,972 |
| 1998 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,684 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,540 |
| 1996 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #11,318 |
| 1995 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #9,309 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,386 |
| 1993 | 15 | 5 | 20 | #6,224 |
| 1992 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #7,446 |
| 1991 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,069 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,242 |
| 1988 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,500 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | — |