girls:
144 births since 2002
#5572 (2nd percentile)
boys:
921 births since 1972
#3670 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1972
#6674 (14th percentile)
The name Salah is the #6,674 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,065 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 13.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,670 (19.9% percentile) for all time with 921 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,572 (2.5% percentile) for all time with 144 births since 2002.
Salah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for boys and 2002 for girls). Birth data for Salah is available in 48 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023 (48 years for boys and 14 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Salah has been given predominantly to boys, with 86.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 65.0% of babies named Salah were boys.
For boys, Salah reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #873) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Salah ranks #877 for boys (3.7% percentile) with 21 births per million, which is 83.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Salah reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #916) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Salah ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 86.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Salah".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Salah", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 6 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Saleh" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Saleh..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Salah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.5% confident that Salah is pronounced as SAH-luh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SA-luh, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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