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.

Salwa

#7,674 most common girls' name of all time · #12,844 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1961–2025

Rank among girls
#7,674
Rank overall
#12,844 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
883
Since 2016
334
Peak year
2017 #3,797
Best rank
#3,755 2018
Girls Boys peak 40/yr
198020002020

Salwa first appears in 1961. 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 28 — 28 #4,798
2024 32 — 32 #4,411
2023 40 — 40 #3,783
2022 27 — 27 #4,932
2021 31 — 31 #4,443
2020 34 — 34 #4,108
2019 30 — 30 #4,584
2018 40 — 40 #3,755
2017 40 — 40 #3,797
2016 32 — 32 #4,455
2015 37 — 37 #4,018
2014 32 — 32 #4,489
2013 26 — 26 #5,197
2012 16 — 16 #7,543
2011 19 — 19 #6,620
2010 19 — 19 #6,704
2009 21 — 21 #6,381
2008 16 — 16 #7,840
2007 19 — 19 #6,883
2006 26 — 26 #5,286
2005 19 — 19 #6,329
2004 13 — 13 #8,378
2003 14 — 14 #7,681
2002 15 — 15 #7,179
2001 15 — 15 #7,064
2000 16 — 16 #6,586
1999 14 — 14 #6,965
1998 9 — 9 #9,472
1997 16 — 16 #5,969
1996 15 — 15 #6,178
1995 12 — 12 #7,202
1994 15 — 15 #6,110
1993 16 — 16 #5,794
1992 15 — 15 #6,114
1991 6 — 6 #11,953
1990 9 — 9 #8,756
1989 9 — 9 #8,306
1988 9 — 9 #7,961
1987 8 — 8 #8,284
1986 5 — 5 #11,501
1984 6 — 6 #9,581
1983 9 — 9 #6,981
1981 9 — 9 #7,102
1980 5 — 5 #10,988
1979 8 — 8 #7,624
1975 7 — 7 #7,597
1974 6 — 6 #8,193
1973 7 — 7 #7,101
1971 5 — 5 #8,979
1961 6 — 6 #6,548