How Many People Are Named Salih?
people named Salih are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 593,376 people in the US has this name
Based on 587 babies named Salih in Social Security records from 1973 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "virtuous" in Arabic. According to the Qur'an this was the name of an early Arabian prophet.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Salih in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Salih alive today is about 17 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Salih first appears in the records in 1973 and was given most often in 2017, to 28 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1973 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Salih has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,866, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #4,677.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,677 |
| Best rank | #3,866 (2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,756 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Salih alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Salih were born in New York than in any other state: about 16 of those alive today.
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