girl's name

Saleema

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 215

Saleema is a girl's name. In 2017 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1988, when 11 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1971.

Saleema over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

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Births named Saleema by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 28
1980s 45
1990s 50
2000s 44
2010s (to 2017) 35

How popular is Saleema?

In 2017, Saleema was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Saleema is used

England & Wales #6,666 3 in 2021
United States #17,067 5 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Saleema

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Saleema also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Saleema over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Saleema

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Saleema — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Saleema

How popular is the name Saleema?

In 2017, Saleema was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Saleema a girl's or a boy's name?

Saleema is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Saleema most popular?

Saleema peaked in 1988, when 11 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.