Names / Boy names
Salim
Current rank
#2,328
holding steady
All-time peak
#1,690
in 1980
First recorded
1960
in U.S. data
Children named
2,000
since 1960
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,690 in 1980 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Salim enters U.S. records in American naming records in 1960, where it reads as a boys' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. More than 2,000 children have been given the name overall.