girl's name

Salimatou

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 528

Salimatou is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 2025, when 35 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 16,843 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1979.

Salimatou over time

Births per decade in France, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Salimatou by decade in France
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 5
1990s 50
2000s 95
2010s 110
2020s (to 2025) 130

How popular is Salimatou?

In 2025, Salimatou was given to 35 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Salimatou is used

France #1,068 35 in 2025
England & Wales #6,954 3 in 2021
United States #9,258 11 in 2025

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.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Salimatou

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

Parents who like Salimatou also like

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

Sibling names for Salimatou

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

Common questions about Salimatou

How popular is the name Salimatou?

In 2025, Salimatou was given to 35 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

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

Salimatou is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Salimatou most popular?

Salimatou peaked in 2025, when 35 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Salimatou a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Salimatou currently ranks #1,068 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.