Data through 2025

Salem name popularity in the United States

Salem ranked #435 for girls in 2025. SSA recorded 711 girls named Salem.

Rank#435

for girls in 2025

Girls recorded711

SSA

Peak year2023

734 recorded

Five-year change+48.1%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Salem for boys and girls

Girls

711

64.0% in 2025 · data from 1976 to 2025

Boys

400

36.0% in 2025 · data from 1912 to 2025

Salem in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys400#679
2025girls711#435
2024boys442#631
2024girls718#429
2023boys440#630
2023girls734#417
2022boys400#680
2022girls700#448
2021boys364#714
2021girls614#506
2020boys288#806
2020girls480#608
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YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys400#679
2025girls711#435
2024boys442#631
2024girls718#429
2023boys440#630
2023girls734#417
2022boys400#680
2022girls700#448
2021boys364#714
2021girls614#506
2020boys288#806
2020girls480#608
2019boys236#925
2019girls377#749
2018boys155#1207
2018girls257#1009
2017boys165#1149
2017girls205#1190
2016boys149#1245
2016girls188#1284
2015boys139#1283
2015girls162#1425
2014boys109#1485
2014girls144#1519
2013boys94#1624
2013girls91#2096
2012boys69#2016
2012girls85#2205
2011boys57#2261
2011girls65#2695
2010boys67#2037
2010girls67#2670
2009boys84#1789
2009girls82#2359
2008boys51#2467
2008girls65#2773
2007boys41#2868
2007girls56#3096
2006boys48#2513
2006girls54#3090
2005boys40#2701
2005girls57#2865
2004boys59#2024
2004girls51#3033
2003boys41#2507
2003girls44#3291
2002boys37#2603
2002girls56#2709
2001boys38#2520
2001girls52#2808
2000boys32#2805
2000girls38#3453
1999boys35#2510
1999girls41#3148
1998boys28#2851
1998girls39#3173
1997boys34#2396
1997girls33#3448
1996boys31#2483
1996girls21#4739
1995boys29#2556
1995girls20#4846
1994boys28#2618
1994girls17#5445
1993boys18#3501
1993girls10#8052
1992boys15#3920
1992girls15#6008
1991boys15#3813
1991girls10#7987
1990boys22#2865
1990girls10#7880
1989boys19#3094
1989girls10#7449
1988boys28#2197
1988girls11#6666
1987boys16#3072
1987girls11#6335
1986boys14#3268
1986girls10#6612
1985boys8#4698
1985girls8#7563
1984boys17#2706
1984girls12#5539
1983boys15#2912
1983girls10#6212
1982boys9#4234
1982girls7#8224
1981boys15#2898
1980boys18#2617
1980girls9#6789
1979boys19#2465
1979girls8#7313
1978boys16#2669
1978girls8#6948
1977boys11#3386
1977girls9#6340
1976boys10#3471
1976girls9#6048
1975boys5#5464
1974boys11#3120
1973boys8#3694
1972boys8#3622
1971boys9#3370
1969boys7#3595
1966boys6#3537
1963boys5#4048
1962boys5#4033
1951boys5#3714
1950boys6#3329
1942boys7#2940
1940boys7#2871
1931boys8#2864
1926boys8#3139
1924boys8#3260
1923boys5#4239
1922boys6#3872
1921boys7#3517
1920boys5#4286
1919boys8#3115
1918boys12#2398
1916boys5#3897
1915boys6#3392
1912boys5#2544

Data from US Social Security Administration · through 2025.

How Salem’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change+338.9%
Change since peak-3.1%