Saliha

Saliha was the #7,133 girls' name in the US in 2025 (15 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales.

Saliha as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Saliha as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Saliha as a girl’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#7,133 (15)#2,138 (13)#780 (3)—
2024#10,271 (9)#2,772 (9)—#2,259 (9)
2023#8,055 (13)#2,346 (11)——
2022#8,032 (13)#2,674 (9)——
2021#9,562 (10)#2,341 (11)—#2,893 (6)
2020#7,559 (14)#1,939 (14)——
2019#9,736 (10)#1,703 (17)——
2018#13,793 (6)#2,499 (10)——
2017#6,808 (17)#1,411 (23)——
2016#7,230 (16)#1,749 (17)——
2015#10,866 (9)#2,328 (11)——
2014#6,451 (19)#2,058 (13)——
2013#10,235 (10)#1,864 (15)——
2012#9,109 (12)#1,720 (17)——
2011#10,374 (10)#1,438 (21)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #6,451.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1987.

How common is it?

about 1 in 110,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 110,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Saliha is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 120,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 80,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SalihaCanadaGirls—too few
SalihaEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
SalihaScotlandGirls#7803
SalihaUSGirls#7,13315