How rare is the name Salim?

4,220 people in the United States have the first name Salim, about 1 in 71,571. It ranks #4,434 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SALIM

#4,434

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,220
About
1 in 71,571
This common or more
84%
Who bears it

Of the 4,220 people named Salim, 41.3% reported their origin as White, 26.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 20.9% as Black. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Salim peaked in 2023, when 65 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19602025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
65
In 2025*
60 ▼8%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,005 babies have been given the name since 1960. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Salim by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #5,349. The largest share of babies named Salim, 34.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#9,32846
1970s#5,767178
1980s#5,349262
1990s#5,918309
2000s#6,469379
2010s#5,586509
2020s#5,365322
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–8012.3%
Millennials 1981–9622%
Generation Z 1997–1230.5%
2013 and later34.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Salim

#4,431 Sheyla · 4,225#4,433 Odalis · 4,224#4,435 Katalina · 4,219#4,436 Mariadejesus · 4,214

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Salim, most common first.

#3,640 Salem · 5,605#8,842 Salam · 1,614#8,886 Salima · 1,602#38,294 Salin · 201

Also a last name

As a last name, Salim ranks #8,209 of 156,621, with 3,864 people. See Salim as a last name

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