Salma

girls:

9.7k births since 1918

#1622 (72nd percentile)

boys:

5 births since 2012

#4581 (0th percentile)

overall:

9.7k births since 1918

#2716 (65th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Salma".

1918 2023 19182023

Key Statistics

Total Births
9,722
Peak Births
442
Peak Year
1999
First Recorded
1918
Peak Percentile
44.4%
Current Percentile
29.9%
Peak Rank
#493
Current Rank
#664
Female statistics
Total Births
5
Peak Births
5
Peak Year
2012
First Recorded
2012
Peak Percentile
0.0%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#900
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Salma

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Salma. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 56.1% confident that Salma is pronounced as SAHL-muh. The next most likely pronunciation is SAL-muh, at 43.9% confidence.

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SAHL-muh (2 syllables)
56.1% confidence
S AA1 L M AH0
SAL-muh (2 syllables)
43.9% confidence
S AE1 L M AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Salma. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Salma, please vote using the thumbs up button.

SEHL-muh (2 syllables)
1 name 27.1k births
S EH1 L M AH0

Names with this pronunciation:

SAH-muh (2 syllables)
3 names 1.9k births
S AA1 M AH0

Names with this pronunciation:

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like S AA1 L M AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.