Salimah
Salimah is a feminine given name. Notable people with the surname include:Salimah Aga Khan, Indian fashion model; ex-wife of Aga Khan IV Salima Salih, American photographer
Meaning & Origin of Salimah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Salimah is a feminine given name. Notable people with the surname include:Salimah Aga Khan, Indian fashion model; ex-wife of Aga Khan IV Salima Salih, American photographer
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The Story of Salimah
American parents first put Salimah on the record books as a baby girl name in 1969, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 13 Salimahs were born — ranking #7,104 that year. About 25% of every Salimah on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Salimah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 276 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Salimah
Salimah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1969 and has accumulated 276 births in the dataset. Salimah's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #7,104. Use the chart and map above to compare Salimah'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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