Saloma

Popularity Trends

The name Saloma is the #7,080 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 659 recorded births since 1888. This represents the 8.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,057 (11.5% percentile) for all time with 659 births since 1888.

Saloma first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1888 (first recorded for girls in 1888). Birth data for Saloma is available in 69 out of the 136 years between 1888 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 girls, Saloma reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #914) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1907, with 33 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Saloma ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 35.1% of its peak share of births.

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

1888 2023 18882023

Key Statistics

Total Births

659

Peak Births

Peak Year

2013

First Recorded

1888

Peak Percentile

1.8%

Current Percentile

1.6%

Peak Rank

#914

Current Rank

#932

Female statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Saloma", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Saloma.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Saloma's popularity from 1888 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Saloma at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Saloma range from Bluma at 55.2% correlation to Beddie at 50.5% correlation, with an average correlation level of 52.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Catarina with 3.8K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Lerah with 16 births (100% girls).

Saloma's share of births peaked at 32.6 births per million for girls in 2013. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (7% of peak) in 1956. In 2023, the most recent period with data, the name Saloma had 11.4 births per million, 35% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Bluma

433

55.24% (moderate)

Zennie

123

54.54% (moderate)

Trygve

383

54.19% (moderate)

Dacie

141

53.04% (moderate)

Aili

1,300

52.27% (moderate)

Langley

801

51.26% (moderate)

Catarina

3,756

51.26% (moderate)

Helge

51.25% (moderate)

Lerah

51.17% (moderate)

Ynez

199

51.03% (moderate)

Svea

891

51.00% (moderate)

Beddie

50.49% (moderate)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Saloma

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Saloma. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 84.2% confident that Saloma is pronounced as suh-LOH-muh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sah-LOH-muh, at 15.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.

suh-LOH-muh

84.2%

sah-LOH-muh

15.8%

suh-LOH-muh (3 syllables)

84.2% confidence

S AH0 L OW1 M AH0

sah-LOH-muh (3 syllables)

Verified

15.8% confidence

S AA0 L OW1 M AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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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 AH0 L OW1 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.

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