Salam was the #11,932 girls' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).
Salam as a girl’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2025
#11,932 (7)
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2024
#15,293 (5)
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2023
#12,197 (7)
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2021
#13,464 (6)
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2020
#15,088 (5)
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2019
#11,356 (8)
#5,591 (3)
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2018
#13,793 (6)
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2017
#15,902 (5)
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#2,876 (6)
2016
#14,331 (6)
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2015
#13,006 (7)
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2014
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#3,316 (5)
2013
#11,000 (9)
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2012
#14,962 (6)
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2011
#16,764 (5)
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2010
#12,276 (8)
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Salam as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
2024
#9,894 (7)
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2023
#12,239 (5)
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2022
#9,823 (7)
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2021
#7,587 (10)
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2017
#8,140 (9)
#3,996 (4)
2016
#10,744 (6)
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2015
#12,086 (5)
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2013
#10,728 (6)
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2012
#12,274 (5)
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2008
#12,553 (5)
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2007
#10,921 (6)
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2004
#11,356 (5)
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2003
#6,715 (10)
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2001
#6,935 (9)
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1999
#7,874 (7)
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The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1993 at #5,955.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1988.
In 2024, 42% of US babies named Salam were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.