How Many People Are Named Salima?
An estimated 559 people in the United States have the first name Salima. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 26 years old, and Salima peaked in popularity in 2018 with 22 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Salima 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 Salima paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
559
About 1 in 613,156 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
26
years old
Peak Year
2018
22 births
Total Registered
580
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Salima
Salima is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 580 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Salima as a female name
Ranked #6,335 in 2024
19 female births in 2024
Peak: 2018 (22 births)
Salima: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Salima span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 125 babies were registered. While Salima is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Salima by Decade
How has Salima 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.
Salima by State
Salima + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Salima as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Salima
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Salima: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Salima?
We estimate approximately 559 people named Salima 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 613,156 Americans share this first name.
Is Salima a common name?
Salima is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 580 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Salima most popular?
Salima reached peak popularity in 2018, when 22 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Salima is approximately 26 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Salima a female name?
Salima is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Salima Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Salima Smith, Salima Johnson, Salima 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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