Saleem
Recorded 1960–2025 · United States
Saleem was most popular in 2024, when 72 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,425 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,412, with 53 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,945 people named Saleem.
Saleem over time
How old is the name Saleem?
Saleem first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1960, which makes it about 65 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 58 of the 66 years since.
How many people are named Saleem?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,945 American births named Saleem between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,888 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Saleem in 2025?
53 American babies were named Saleem in 2025, ranking #5,412 that year.
Is Saleem getting more or less popular?
Saleem is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 53 births a year, against 43 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +24% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Saleem a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Saleem is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,945 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Saleem?
Roughly 1,888 Americans named Saleem are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 9 and 36.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Saleem is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org