How Many People Are Named Salma?
people named Salma are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,468 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,316 babies named Salma in Social Security records from 1918 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
442 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "safe", derived from Arabic سلم (salima) "to be safe".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Salma in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Salma alive today is about 16 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 23 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Salma first appears in the records in 1918 and was given most often in 1999, to 442 babies. In 2025, 278 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1918 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Salma has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #569, in 1999. In 2025 it ranked #937.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #937 |
| Best rank | #569 (1999) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #760 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Salma alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Salma were born in California than in any other state: about 1,869 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Salma was given 4 times as often in Minnesota, 1.6 times in New Jersey and 1.6 times in New York.
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