girls:
823 births since 1961
#4893 (14th percentile)
overall:
823 births since 1961
#6916 (11th percentile)
The name Salwa is the #6,916 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 823 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 10.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 10.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,893 (14.4% percentile) for all time with 823 births since 1961.
Salwa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for girls in 1961). Birth data for Salwa is available in 48 out of the 63 years between 1961 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, Salwa reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #912) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 23 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Salwa is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #912 (3.7% percentile) with 23 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Salwa".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Salwa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.5% confident that Salwa is pronounced as SAHL-wuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SAL-wuh, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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