Masculine dossier · first seen 1960

Salim

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Salim
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2023

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1960Peak 20232024

Peak year

2023

Decline from peak

23.1%

2024

All-time

1,945

Salim has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2023, when 65 boys were named Salim.

In 2024, only 50 boys were given the name.

Down 23.1% from its peak.

All told, about 1,945 Americans have been named Salim and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1960.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityHigh cross-era durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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