Salah
Salah was the 3300th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2652nd with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 461 places. More babies were named Salah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,300 boys, up 707 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 36boys
- Girls and boys
- 41% girls, 59% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201949 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,185babies recorded
Salah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,681 | #3,300 | 22 | 36 |
| 2020 | #14,815 | #4,007 | 6 | 26 |
| 2010 | — | #3,364 | — | 33 |
| 2000 | — | #5,524 | — | 13 |
| 1990 | — | #5,731 | — | 9 |
| 1980 | — | #3,804 | — | 11 |
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How popular is Salah, counting every spelling?
Salah has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Salah?
36 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Salah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Salah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 233 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Salah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Salah?
About 1,000 people born in the US named Salah are alive today, with a median age of 16; half are between 8 and 25. That makes Salah mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Salah by state
How common Salah was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (2.8×). In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Salah
How popular is the name Salah?
Salah was the 3300th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 36 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 2652nd with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 461 places. More babies were named Salah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Salah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 41% girls, 59% boys given the name Salah in the US.
Where is Salah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Salah was most common in New York (0.05 per 1,000 boys), followed by Minnesota and Illinois.