boys:
1.9k births since 1960
#2872 (37th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1960
#5866 (24th percentile)
The name Salim is the #5,866 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,895 recorded births since 1960. This represents the 24.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,872 (37.3% percentile) for all time with 1,895 births since 1960.
Salim first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1960 (first recorded for boys in 1960). Birth data for Salim is available in 60 out of the 64 years between 1960 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Salim reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 6.6% percentile (ranked #851) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 35 births per million (ranked 6.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Salim is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #851 (6.6% percentile) with 35 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Salim".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Salim. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 38.0% confident that Salim is pronounced as suh-LEEM, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-LEEM, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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