girl's name

Saleemah

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 173

Saleemah is a girl's name. In 2007 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1978, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1976.

Saleemah over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2007, not a full ten years.

57
'70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Saleemah by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 57
1980s 46
1990s 27
2000s (to 2007) 39

How popular is Saleemah?

In 2007, Saleemah was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Saleemah is used

England & Wales #5,343 4 in 2012
United States #13,009 8 in 2007

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 Saleemah

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

Parents who like Saleemah also like

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

Sibling names for Saleemah

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

Common questions about Saleemah

How popular is the name Saleemah?

In 2007, Saleemah was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Saleemah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Saleemah most popular?

Saleemah peaked in 1978, when 22 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.