How Many People Are Named Salah?
people named Salah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 293,377 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,185 babies named Salah in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "righteousness" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Salah, 16.6% were girls and 83.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Salah rose from 0% in the 1990s to 38.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Salah alive today is about 15 years old, and 86% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 22 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Salah first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2024, to 62 babies. In 2025, 58 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Salah has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,651, in 2019. In 2025 it ranked #3,299. Among girls, its best rank was #4,756, in 2024.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,299 | #5,680 |
| Best rank | #2,651 (2019) | #4,756 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,489 in the 2010s | #6,055 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Salah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Salah were born in New York than in any other state: about 52 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Salah was given about 6.9 times as often in New York.
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