Saladin
Salah ad-Din, Salahu’d-Din, Ṣalāḥ ud-Dīn, Salah ed-Din and other variant spellings, is an Arabic name that means The Righteousness of the Faith.
Meaning & Origin of Saladin
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Salah ad-Din, Salahu’d-Din, Ṣalāḥ ud-Dīn, Salah ed-Din and other variant spellings, is an Arabic name that means The Righteousness of the Faith.
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The Story of Saladin
Saladin first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1960, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1966, when 12 Saladins were born — ranking #2,327 that year. As of 2026, Saladin ranks #12,323 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 174 Saladins have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1960s through the 2020s.
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About the name Saladin
Saladin is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1960 and has accumulated 174 births in the dataset. Saladin's peak popularity came in 1966 when it ranked #2,327. Use the chart and map above to compare Saladin's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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