How Many People Are Named Salman?
people named Salman are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 134,613 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,583 babies named Salman in Social Security records from 1974 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
143 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.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Salman in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Salman alive today is about 16 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 25 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Salman first appears in the records in 1974 and was given most often in 2015, to 143 babies. In 2025, 54 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Salman has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,264, in 2015. In 2025 it ranked #2,511.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,511 |
| Best rank | #1,264 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,555 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Salman alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Salman were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 382 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Salman was given 17.3 times as often in Minnesota, 2.8 times in New York and 2.7 times in Ohio.
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