Salman
Recorded 1974–2025 · United States
Salman was most popular in 2015, when 143 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,767 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,336, with 54 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,583 people named Salman.
Salman over time
How old is the name Salman?
Salman first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1974, which makes it about 51 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 50 of the 52 years since.
How many people are named Salman?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,583 American births named Salman 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 2,538 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Salman in 2025?
54 American babies were named Salman in 2025, ranking #5,336 that year.
Is Salman getting more or less popular?
Salman is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 73 births a year, against 100 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -27% 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 Salman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Salman is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,583 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 Salman?
Roughly 2,538 Americans named Salman are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 8 and 26.
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 Salman 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