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.

Saleh

#3,361 most common boys' name of all time · #8,186 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among boys
#3,361
Rank overall
#8,186 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
1,783
Since 2016
712
Peak year
2018 #1,833
Best rank
#1,833 2018
Girls Boys peak 83/yr
198020002020

Saleh 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
2025 — 55 55 #2,465
2024 — 81 81 #1,950
2023 — 79 79 #1,962
2022 6 74 80 #2,049
2021 — 61 61 #2,290
2020 — 63 63 #2,201
2019 — 61 61 #2,282
2018 — 83 83 #1,833
2017 — 74 74 #1,946
2016 — 75 75 #1,950
2015 — 56 56 #2,341
2014 — 59 59 #2,271
2013 — 54 54 #2,353
2012 — 48 48 #2,578
2011 — 45 45 #2,687
2010 — 36 36 #3,162
2009 — 38 38 #3,075
2008 — 49 49 #2,567
2007 — 50 50 #2,518
2006 — 35 35 #3,120
2005 — 43 43 #2,595
2004 — 36 36 #2,870
2003 — 32 32 #3,020
2002 — 30 30 #3,067
2001 — 25 25 #3,458
2000 — 26 26 #3,260
1999 — 24 24 #3,345
1998 — 28 28 #2,903
1997 — 26 26 #2,951
1996 — 22 22 #3,261
1995 — 26 26 #2,817
1994 — 22 22 #3,174
1993 — 24 24 #2,920
1992 — 29 29 #2,518
1991 — 25 25 #2,738
1990 — 15 15 #3,911
1989 — 24 24 #2,679
1988 — 19 19 #2,946
1987 — 10 10 #4,485
1986 — 13 13 #3,607
1985 — 8 8 #5,025
1984 — 16 16 #2,938
1983 — 11 11 #3,841
1982 — 17 17 #2,816
1981 — 12 12 #3,574
1980 — 7 7 #5,370
1979 — 6 6 #5,877
1978 — 5 5 #6,457
1977 — 5 5 #6,562
1976 — 5 5 #6,219
1975 — 5 5 #6,118
1974 — 5 5 #5,972