first name
SALMAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,904 people named Salman, 59% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 18.9% as Black and 17.3% as White. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Salman peaked in 2015, when 143 babies got the name.
At least 2,583 babies have been given the name since 1974. 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.
Salman by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #3,441. The largest share of babies named Salman, 48.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Salman is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Salman has been most common in Minnesota (16×), New York (2.3×), and Colorado (2.2×), and least common in Illinois (0.96×).
1,332 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 Salman
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Salman, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Salman ranks #7,538 of 156,621, with 4,253 people. See Salman as a last name
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