How popular is the name Salma?

Salma ranks 1,408th among girls' names in US records, with 10,090 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,195.

Is Salma a unisex name?

No. Salma is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1999, when 447 children were given the name. It has been in use for 107 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,408 of girl names

Pronounced S AE1 L M AA1 (ARPABET)

Salma is a girls' name, and first appears in 1918. It has been given to 10,090 children — the 1,408th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1999, when 447 children were given it.

1999Girls: 447Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Salma?: Salma ranks 1,408th among girls' names in US records, with 10,090 births since 1918. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,195.
Is Salma a unisex name?: No. Salma is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Salma most popular?: 1999, when 447 children were given the name. It has been in use for 107 years and is still recorded as of 2024.