Salma

#1,586 most common girls' name of all time · #2,742 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1918–2025

Rank among girls

#1,586

Rank overall

#2,742 of 105,966

First appeared

1918

Years on the list

54 of 146

All-time

10,316

Since 2016

3,100

Peak year

1999 #569

Best rank

#569 1999

Girls Boys peak 442/yr

Salma first appears in 1918. 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	Girls	Boys	Total	Rank
2025	278	—	278	#937
2024	310	—	310	#872
2023	295	—	295	#906
2022	311	—	311	#895
2021	290	—	290	#919
2020	240	—	240	#1,047
2019	289	—	289	#918
2018	340	—	340	#802
2017	362	—	362	#765
2016	385	—	385	#739
2015	351	—	351	#803
2014	309	—	309	#883
2013	324	—	324	#825
2012	348	5	353	#785
2011	313	—	313	#844
2010	300	—	300	#883
2009	360	—	360	#785
2008	332	—	332	#848
2007	349	—	349	#824
2006	362	—	362	#758
2005	358	—	358	#749
2004	309	—	309	#812
2003	377	—	377	#692
2002	318	—	318	#761
2001	364	—	364	#684
2000	359	—	359	#672
1999	442	—	442	#569
1998	430	—	430	#571
1997	291	—	291	#735
1996	101	—	101	#1,565
1995	49	—	49	#2,559
1994	55	—	55	#2,361
1993	46	—	46	#2,646
1992	42	—	42	#2,840
1991	41	—	41	#2,854
1990	38	—	38	#2,980
1989	26	—	26	#3,823
1988	19	—	19	#4,523
1987	24	—	24	#3,651
1986	24	—	24	#3,582
1985	12	—	12	#5,753
1984	16	—	16	#4,541
1983	13	—	13	#5,217
1982	17	—	17	#4,387
1981	16	—	16	#4,591
1980	11	—	11	#6,006
1979	5	—	5	#10,473
1978	13	—	13	#5,008
1977	5	—	5	#9,931
1975	9	—	9	#6,105
1974	10	—	10	#5,483
1973	7	—	7	#6,853
1972	10	—	10	#5,194
1918	6	—	6	#4,796