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.

Salma

#1,586 most common girls' name of all time · #2,742 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · 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
192019401960198020002020

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 by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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