NameTides

Salma

Salma was the #936 girls' name in the US in 2025 (278 babies), and #622 in England & Wales and #636 in Canada.

Salma as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Salma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Salma as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#936 (278)#622 (63)—#544 (6)#636 (47)
2024#871 (310)#722 (52)#790 (3)#631 (5)#487 (61)
2023#905 (295)#794 (45)—#727 (4)#650 (44)
2022#895 (311)#746 (49)#760 (3)—#615 (46)
2021#919 (290)#699 (54)—#883 (3)#598 (50)
2020#1,046 (240)#894 (40)——#466 (64)
2019#916 (289)#670 (58)——#431 (76)
2018#801 (340)#614 (67)#809 (3)#734 (4)#466 (70)
2017#765 (362)#565 (76)—#471 (8)#448 (73)
2016#738 (385)#475 (92)——#420 (81)
2015#802 (351)#478 (90)#806 (3)—#403 (86)
2014#883 (309)#486 (87)——#346 (98)
2013#825 (324)#421 (101)—#660 (5)#327 (100)
2012#785 (348)#443 (102)#815 (3)#768 (4)#405 (78)
2011#842 (313)#404 (111)—#798 (4)#322 (103)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1999 at #569.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,800 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 5,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Salma is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 6,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Salma by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #285MNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #965MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: #624MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #814CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #789CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #649TXFlorida: #482FL
Salma (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#48326
Quebec2025#5009

Salma (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
SalmaCanadaGirls#63647
SalmaEngland & WalesGirls#62263
SalmaIrelandGirls#5446
SalmaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SalmaScotlandGirls—too few
SalmaUSGirls#936278
SalmaUSBoys—too few