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Girl name

Salimah

100% girls · 5 born in 2025

Salimah has been given to about 281 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1998, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables3
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 275
Median age today29 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Salimah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1998 · 13
  • Born in 20255
  • All time281

How popular is Salimah?

Its best year was 1998, when 13 babies were given the name, ranking 7444th. The typical living American called Salimah is about 29 years old today.

Names that sound like Salimah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Aliyah0.79
  2. Maliyah0.79
  3. Kaliyah0.79
  4. Jaliyah0.79
  5. Sariah0.79
  6. Taliyah0.79
  7. Saniyah0.79
  8. Sariyah0.79

Middle names for Salimah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Salimah Eve0.82
  2. Salimah Anne0.80
  3. Salimah Rose0.79
  4. Salimah Louise0.79
  5. Salimah June0.78
  6. Salimah Pearl0.78

Sibling names for Salimah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Dereckbrother · 0.71
  2. Kareembrother · 0.71
  3. Aracelisister · 0.71
  4. Nathanaelbrother · 0.70
  5. Elishaeither · 0.70
  6. Tianasister · 0.69

Where Salimah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Salimah White0.74
    2. Salimah Reyes0.74
    3. Salimah Nguyen0.74
    4. Salimah Moore0.74
    5. Salimah Lee0.74
    6. Salimah Green0.74

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Salimah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.