Is Salma a boy or girl name?
Salma is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 310 girls and 0 boys were named Salma, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 10,037 US babies named Salma were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #870
- Babies named Salma since 1918
- 10,037
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 442 babies
Boys and girls named Salma, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0 | 6 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1970s | 0 | 59 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 178 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 1,535 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 3,488 | 100% |
| 2010s | 5 | 3,321 | 99.8% |
| 2020s | 0 | 1,445 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 310 | #870 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 295 | #906 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 311 | #897 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 289 | #921 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 240 | #1,047 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 289 | #919 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 340 | #804 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 362 | #767 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 385 | #740 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 351 | #803 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 309 | #883 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 324 | #826 |
| 2012 | 5 | #13,850 | 348 | #786 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 313 | #844 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 300 | #884 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 360 | #789 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 332 | #848 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 349 | #825 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 362 | #760 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 358 | #750 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 309 | #812 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 377 | #694 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 318 | #762 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 364 | #684 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 359 | #673 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 442 | #569 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 430 | #571 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 291 | #735 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 101 | #1,569 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 49 | #2,581 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 55 | #2,377 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 46 | #2,669 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 42 | #2,859 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 38 | #3,008 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 26 | #3,871 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 19 | #4,616 |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 24 | #3,715 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 24 | #3,617 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 12 | #5,966 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 16 | #4,681 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 13 | #5,384 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 17 | #4,487 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 16 | #4,687 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 11 | #6,231 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 5 | #11,515 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 13 | #5,144 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 5 | #10,895 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 9 | #6,345 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 10 | #5,672 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 7 | #7,262 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 10 | #5,376 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 6 | #4,738 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Salma reached #13,850 in 2012. As a girl name, it reached #569 in 1999. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Salma
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.