NameTides

Salem

Salem was the #435 girls' name in the US in 2025 (711 babies), and #1,265 in Canada.

Salem as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Salem as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Salem as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#435 (711)—#1,265 (20)
2024#429 (718)#5,892 (3)#875 (32)
2023#417 (734)#4,057 (5)#1,044 (24)
2022#448 (700)#5,670 (3)#1,056 (24)
2021#506 (614)—#1,454 (16)
2020#608 (480)#3,447 (6)#1,490 (15)
2019#749 (377)—#1,408 (17)
2018#1,009 (257)—#1,862 (11)
2017#1,190 (205)—#2,179 (9)
2016#1,284 (188)#4,763 (4)#1,600 (14)
2015#1,425 (162)—#3,286 (5)
2014#1,519 (144)#3,514 (6)#2,905 (6)
2013#2,096 (91)—#2,888 (6)
2012#2,205 (85)#4,838 (4)#2,921 (6)
2011#2,695 (65)——

Salem as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Salem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Salem as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#679 (400)#1,359 (20)—#943 (27)
2024#631 (442)#1,460 (18)—#802 (32)
2023#630 (440)#1,243 (22)—#854 (28)
2022#680 (400)#1,782 (13)—#1,350 (15)
2021#714 (364)#2,301 (9)—#853 (29)
2020#806 (288)#1,723 (13)—#1,223 (17)
2019#925 (236)#2,266 (9)—#1,205 (17)
2018#1,207 (155)#1,991 (11)—#1,056 (20)
2017#1,149 (165)#1,812 (13)#733 (3)#1,349 (14)
2016#1,245 (149)#3,079 (6)—#1,346 (14)
2015#1,283 (139)#3,004 (6)—#1,319 (14)
2014#1,485 (109)#3,362 (5)—#2,133 (7)
2013#1,624 (94)#2,660 (7)—#2,305 (6)
2012#2,016 (69)#2,721 (7)—#1,552 (11)
2011#2,261 (57)#1,688 (13)—#1,944 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #417.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.
  • In 2025, 64% of US babies named Salem were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,300 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Salem is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 2,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Salem by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #484WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #430WAIdaho: #402IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #515ILMichigan: #519MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: #548ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #390IAIndiana: #258INOhio: #347OHPennsylvania: #558PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #662CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #337CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #238MOKentucky: #165KYWest Virginia: #124WVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #477AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #193KSArkansas: #231ARTennessee: #335TNNorth Carolina: #171NCSouth Carolina: #403SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #296OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #242MSAlabama: #283ALGeorgia: #269GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #539TXFlorida: #542FL
Salem (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Salem (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SalemCanadaGirls#1,26520
SalemCanadaBoys#94327
SalemEngland & WalesGirls—too few
SalemEngland & WalesBoys#1,35920
SalemNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SalemScotlandBoys—too few
SalemUSGirls#435711
SalemUSBoys#679400