How Many People Are Named Salayah?
An estimated 183 people in the United States have the first name Salayah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 9 years old, and Salayah peaked in popularity in 2024 with 26 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Salayah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Salayah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
183
About 1 in 1,872,975 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
9
years old
Peak Year
2024
26 births
Total Registered
184
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Salayah
Salayah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 184 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Salayah as a female name
Ranked #5,108 in 2024
26 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (26 births)
Salayah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Salayah span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 86 babies were registered. Salayah remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Salayah by Decade
How has Salayah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Salayah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Salayah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Salayah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Salayah?
We estimate approximately 183 people named Salayah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,872,975 Americans share this first name.
Is Salayah a common name?
Salayah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 73% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 184 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Salayah most popular?
Salayah reached peak popularity in 2024, when 26 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Salayah is approximately 9 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Salayah a female name?
Salayah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Salayah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Salayah Smith, Salayah Johnson, Salayah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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