Salma

What Salma means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Salma yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #802 in 2015 to #936 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Salma?

US: Falling: down from #802 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #478 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1999, when 442 girls got the name (#569 that year). First in the US records in 1918.

How common

• About 1 in 5,782 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 4,020 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MN (0.88 per 1,000 girls), MD (0.55 per 1,000 girls), FL (0.44 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Salma is #936 in the US and #622 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Salma were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Salem711 US
• Salome239 US · 15 E&W
• Selma61 US · 12 E&W
• Zelma16 US
• Zulma13 US
• Salmah6 US · 3 E&W
• Salam7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Salma

Girls

• Isabelle#166Variant of Elizabeth, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records
• Madelyn#70Editor’s note Down from #59 in 2015 to #70 in 2025 in the US
• Emma#3“entire”^*
• Tatum#189Editor’s note Used for both: 49% of US babies named Tatum in 2025 were girls
• Delaney#242“from the alder grove”^*

For a brother

• Noah#2Editor’s note Steady in the US: #1 in 2015 and #2 in 2025. About 1 in 84 US boys in the 2025 records
• Griffin#222Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #222 vs #1,035 in 2025
• Jack#15Short form of John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Isaiah#57Editor’s note Down from #49 in 2015 to #57 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 320 US boys in the 2025 records
• Dawson#143Short form of David, meaning “beloved”^*
• Isaac#47“he laughs, he will laugh”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Salma’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.