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.

Salman

#2,695 most common boys' name of all time · #6,477 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1974–2025

Rank among boys
#2,695
Rank overall
#6,477 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
2,583
Since 2016
922
Peak year
2015 #1,263
Best rank
#1,263 2015
Girls Boys peak 143/yr
198020002020

Salman 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 — 54 54 #2,498
2024 — 73 73 #2,067
2023 — 83 83 #1,903
2022 — 75 75 #2,029
2021 — 81 81 #1,895
2020 — 72 72 #1,988
2019 — 99 99 #1,647
2018 — 124 124 #1,415
2017 — 119 119 #1,444
2016 — 142 142 #1,284
2015 — 143 143 #1,263
2014 — 108 108 #1,497
2013 — 86 86 #1,718
2012 — 87 87 #1,737
2011 — 76 76 #1,859
2010 — 66 66 #2,064
2009 — 55 55 #2,366
2008 — 60 60 #2,225
2007 — 54 54 #2,400
2006 — 43 43 #2,721
2005 — 44 44 #2,545
2004 — 41 41 #2,621
2003 — 49 49 #2,224
2002 — 39 39 #2,535
2001 — 42 42 #2,374
2000 — 53 53 #1,960
1999 — 37 37 #2,438
1998 — 42 42 #2,188
1997 — 40 40 #2,188
1996 — 41 41 #2,102
1995 — 43 43 #1,983
1994 — 52 52 #1,729
1993 — 39 39 #2,088
1992 — 49 49 #1,745
1991 — 38 38 #2,008
1990 — 26 26 #2,613
1989 — 25 25 #2,601
1988 — 17 17 #3,169
1987 — 20 20 #2,706
1986 — 23 23 #2,422
1985 — 14 14 #3,371
1984 — 18 18 #2,692
1983 — 14 14 #3,211
1982 — 15 15 #3,088
1981 — 18 18 #2,671
1980 — 17 17 #2,825
1979 — 7 7 #5,243
1978 — 7 7 #4,951
1975 — 6 6 #5,357
1974 — 7 7 #4,625