first name
SALINA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,533 people named Salina, 32.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 28.6% as White and 19.6% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Salina peaked in 1977, when 385 babies got the name.
At least 7,239 babies have been given the name since 1882. 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.
Salina by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,574. The largest share of babies named Salina, 41.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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.
Where Salina is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Salina has been most common in California (4.2×), Arizona (3.9×), and Washington (1.7×), and least common in New Jersey (0.31×).
4,096 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Salina
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Salina, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Salina ranks #32,173 of 156,621, with 768 people. See Salina as a last name
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