How Many People Are Named Saleem?
people named Saleem are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 181,030 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,945 babies named Saleem in Social Security records from 1960 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
72 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant transcription of SALIM.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Saleem in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Saleem alive today is about 22 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Saleem first appears in the records in 1960 and was given most often in 2024, to 72 babies. In 2025, 53 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1960 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Saleem has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,163, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #2,533.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,533 |
| Best rank | #1,163 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,631 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Saleem alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Saleem were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 454 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Saleem was given 14.1 times as often in Pennsylvania, 6.4 times in New Jersey and 2.2 times in New York.
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