Saleh
Saleh or Saaleh, Arabic form of the Hebrew Shelah, Selah or Methuselah, is a Semitic male name derivative. In Arabic it means "righteous" or "pious".
- Arabic
- Indonesian
- Azerbaijani
Meaning & Origin of Saleh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Saleh or Saaleh, Arabic form of the Hebrew Shelah, Selah or Methuselah, is a Semitic male name derivative. In Arabic it means "righteous" or "pious".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
- Indonesian
- Azerbaijani
The Story of Saleh
The earliest SSA record of Saleh as a baby boy name dates back to 1974, when 5 babies received it. 2026 was its biggest year on record, with 86 newborns named Saleh — #1,891 in the national rankings. About 31% of every Saleh on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Saleh ranks #1,891 for baby boys with 86 births, rising sharply (+18% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Saleh
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Saleh. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Saleh
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About the name Saleh
Saleh is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Saleh's peak popularity came in 2026 when it ranked #1,823. Use the chart and map above to compare Saleh'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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