Salima
Salima is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Salima
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Salima is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Salima
American parents first put Salima on the record books as a baby girl name in 1969, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 22 Salimas were born — ranking #5,618 that year. About 20% of every Salima on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Salima ranks #6,035 for baby girls with 20 births, rising sharply (+22% over the past five years). All told, over 619 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Salima
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Salima. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Salima
Salima is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 619 births in the dataset. Salima's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #3,408. Use the chart and map above to compare Salima'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.