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.

Salim

#3,134 most common boys' name of all time · #7,605 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1960–2025

Rank among boys
#3,134
Rank overall
#7,605 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
2,005
Since 2016
541
Peak year
2023 #2,201
Best rank
#1,684 1980
Girls Boys peak 65/yr
1960198020002020

Salim 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 — 60 60 #2,316
2024 — 50 50 #2,649
2023 — 65 65 #2,201
2022 — 53 53 #2,569
2021 — 50 50 #2,601
2020 — 44 44 #2,773
2019 — 56 56 #2,402
2018 — 54 54 #2,427
2017 — 54 54 #2,400
2016 — 55 55 #2,375
2015 — 51 51 #2,464
2014 — 45 45 #2,676
2013 — 57 57 #2,261
2012 — 47 47 #2,607
2011 — 39 39 #2,969
2010 — 51 51 #2,441
2009 — 51 51 #2,506
2008 — 38 38 #3,073
2007 — 40 40 #2,941
2006 — 46 46 #2,592
2005 — 29 29 #3,415
2004 — 31 31 #3,181
2003 — 31 31 #3,073
2002 — 41 41 #2,446
2001 — 43 43 #2,322
2000 — 29 29 #3,030
1999 — 38 38 #2,371
1998 — 17 17 #4,086
1997 — 40 40 #2,182
1996 — 33 33 #2,406
1995 — 38 38 #2,163
1994 — 32 32 #2,414
1993 — 31 31 #2,427
1992 — 32 32 #2,325
1991 — 27 27 #2,574
1990 — 21 21 #3,006
1989 — 25 25 #2,586
1988 — 32 32 #2,013
1987 — 17 17 #3,007
1986 — 21 21 #2,569
1985 — 26 26 #2,151
1984 — 31 31 #1,826
1983 — 26 26 #2,063
1982 — 25 25 #2,152
1981 — 24 24 #2,188
1980 — 35 35 #1,684
1979 — 29 29 #1,892
1978 — 31 31 #1,753
1977 — 26 26 #1,940
1976 — 21 21 #2,226
1975 — 18 18 #2,430
1974 — 17 17 #2,438
1973 — 8 8 #3,928
1972 — 8 8 #3,851
1971 — 11 11 #3,101
1970 — 9 9 #3,461
1969 — 6 6 #4,296
1968 — 14 14 #2,304
1967 — 9 9 #2,956
1966 — 5 5 #4,430
1963 — 6 6 #4,010
1960 — 6 6 #4,033