Salma Girl
How popular is Salma?
#936 girl name in 2025
278 baby girls were named Salma in the US in 2025, making it the 936th most popular girl name.
Salma popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #936 for girls (▼ 65 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 278 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-21% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #802 in 2015, #1,046 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1999 (442 girls) |
| Highest rank | #569 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Salma counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Salma family of names ranked #827 for girls in 2025 (#798 the year before), with 284 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Salma | 278 | 98% |
| Salmah | 6 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Salma is most popular
Babies named Salma per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Minnesota: 0.8 per 1,000 (89 girls)
- Illinois: 0.4 per 1,000 (88 girls)
- Florida: 0.4 per 1,000 (151 girls)
- Washington: 0.3 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.3 per 1,000 (52 girls)
Salma by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1970s | 59 | #4,931 |
| 1980s | 178 | #3,552 |
| 1990s | 1,535 | #569 |
| 2000s | 3,488 | #672 |
| 2010s | 3,321 | #738 |
| 2020s | 1,724 | #871 |
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Questions
- Is Salma a boy or girl name?
- Salma is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Salma were girls.
- How popular is the name Salma?
- 278 baby girls were named Salma in the US in 2025, making it the 936th most popular girl name.
- When was Salma most popular?
- Salma peaked in 1999, when 442 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #569 in 1999.
- How many people are named Salma?
- 10,316 babies have been named Salma in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,224 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Salma most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Salma was most common in Minnesota, at 0.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.