girls:
255 births since 1988
#5461 (4th percentile)
boys:
121 births since 1985
#4465 (3rd percentile)
overall:
376 births since 1985
#7363 (5th percentile)
The name Salam is the #7,363 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 376 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 4.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,461 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 255 births since 1988. For boys, it ranks #4,465 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 121 births since 1985.
Salam first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Salam is available in 35 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023 (33 years for girls and 19 years for boys). 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 Salam has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.8% of all recorded births). In 2023, 58.3% of babies named Salam were girls. Interestingly, until around 1988, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1985 to 1987), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (68.7% girls from 1988 to 2023).
For girls, Salam reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #855) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Salam ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 52.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Salam reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #820) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Salam ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 51.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Salam".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Salam. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.5% confident that Salam is pronounced as suh-LAHM, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-LAHM, at 23.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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