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.

Saleem

#3,191 most common boys' name of all time · #7,737 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1960–2025

Rank among boys
#3,191
Rank overall
#7,737 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,945
Since 2016
520
Peak year
2024 #2,085
Best rank
#1,160 1980
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
1960198020002020

Saleem first appears in 1960. 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
2025 — 53 53 #2,525
2024 — 72 72 #2,085
2023 — 48 48 #2,708
2022 — 44 44 #2,895
2021 — 47 47 #2,708
2020 — 43 43 #2,820
2019 — 53 53 #2,507
2018 — 61 61 #2,246
2017 — 56 56 #2,332
2016 — 43 43 #2,805
2015 — 42 42 #2,828
2014 — 57 57 #2,306
2013 — 37 37 #3,012
2012 — 36 36 #3,143
2011 — 41 41 #2,870
2010 — 45 45 #2,702
2009 — 47 47 #2,635
2008 — 36 36 #3,186
2007 — 41 41 #2,892
2006 — 37 37 #2,999
2005 — 37 37 #2,866
2004 — 45 45 #2,466
2003 — 29 29 #3,220
2002 — 27 27 #3,293
2001 — 42 42 #2,370
2000 — 29 29 #3,031
1999 — 35 35 #2,533
1998 — 36 36 #2,415
1997 — 28 28 #2,788
1996 — 32 32 #2,467
1995 — 27 27 #2,717
1994 — 34 34 #2,327
1993 — 26 26 #2,741
1992 — 30 30 #2,443
1991 — 21 21 #3,039
1990 — 27 27 #2,526
1989 — 23 23 #2,736
1988 — 32 32 #2,014
1987 — 21 21 #2,608
1986 — 29 29 #2,036
1985 — 23 23 #2,338
1984 — 20 20 #2,500
1983 — 35 35 #1,676
1982 — 28 28 #1,982
1981 — 34 34 #1,716
1980 — 62 62 #1,160
1979 — 42 42 #1,456
1978 — 44 44 #1,406
1977 — 35 35 #1,600
1976 — 18 18 #2,485
1975 — 7 7 #4,598
1974 — 8 8 #4,066
1973 — 7 7 #4,335
1972 — 11 11 #3,117
1970 — 5 5 #5,200
1969 — 7 7 #3,864
1967 — 5 5 #4,427
1960 — 5 5 #4,589