Salem**
#1,515 most common girls' name of all time · #2,619 across all names · 42% male / 58% female · used 1912–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,515
Rank overall
#2,619 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
75 of 146
All-time
11,178
Since 2016
8,023
Peak year
2023 #417
Best rank
#417 2023
Girls
Boys
peak 1,174/yr
Salem first appears in 1912. 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 | 711 | 400 | 1,111 | #436 |
| 2024 | 718 | 442 | 1,160 | #432 |
| 2023 | 734 | 440 | 1,174 | #417 |
| 2022 | 700 | 400 | 1,100 | #448 |
| 2021 | 614 | 364 | 978 | #506 |
| 2020 | 480 | 288 | 768 | #608 |
| 2019 | 377 | 236 | 613 | #749 |
| 2018 | 257 | 155 | 412 | #1,011 |
| 2017 | 205 | 165 | 370 | #1,192 |
| 2016 | 188 | 149 | 337 | #1,285 |
| 2015 | 162 | 139 | 301 | #1,428 |
| 2014 | 144 | 109 | 253 | #1,522 |
| 2013 | 91 | 94 | 185 | #2,099 |
| 2012 | 85 | 69 | 154 | #2,208 |
| 2011 | 65 | 57 | 122 | #2,701 |
| 2010 | 67 | 67 | 134 | #2,675 |
| 2009 | 82 | 84 | 166 | #2,365 |
| 2008 | 65 | 51 | 116 | #2,779 |
| 2007 | 56 | 41 | 97 | #3,099 |
| 2006 | 54 | 48 | 102 | #3,094 |
| 2005 | 57 | 40 | 97 | #2,874 |
| 2004 | 51 | 59 | 110 | #3,042 |
| 2003 | 44 | 41 | 85 | #3,304 |
| 2002 | 56 | 37 | 93 | #2,715 |
| 2001 | 52 | 38 | 90 | #2,815 |
| 2000 | 38 | 32 | 70 | #3,466 |
| 1999 | 41 | 35 | 76 | #3,159 |
| 1998 | 39 | 28 | 67 | #3,180 |
| 1997 | 33 | 34 | 67 | #3,467 |
| 1996 | 21 | 31 | 52 | #4,757 |
| 1995 | 20 | 29 | 49 | #4,873 |
| 1994 | 17 | 28 | 45 | #5,490 |
| 1993 | 10 | 18 | 28 | #8,138 |
| 1992 | 15 | 15 | 30 | #6,050 |
| 1991 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #8,073 |
| 1990 | 10 | 22 | 32 | #7,962 |
| 1989 | 10 | 19 | 29 | #7,525 |
| 1988 | 11 | 28 | 39 | #6,731 |
| 1987 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #6,395 |
| 1986 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #6,681 |
| 1985 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #7,660 |
| 1984 | 12 | 17 | 29 | #5,596 |
| 1983 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #6,298 |
| 1982 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #8,360 |
| 1981 | — | 15 | 15 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | 18 | 27 | #6,883 |
| 1979 | 8 | 19 | 27 | #7,413 |
| 1978 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #7,064 |
| 1977 | 9 | 11 | 20 | #6,415 |
| 1976 | 9 | 10 | 19 | #6,134 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1974 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1973 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1971 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1942 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1940 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1931 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1924 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1922 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1918 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1915 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | — |