Names / Girl names
Salma
Current rank
#937
holding steady
All-time peak
#569
in 1999
First recorded
1918
in U.S. data
Children named
10,300
since 1918
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #569 in 1999 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Safe and hopeful. The name was first recorded in U.S. records in 1918. It currently ranks #937 and is holding steady. It peaked in 1999 at #569. Over 10,300 have carried it since records began.