Salimatou
Salimatou is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Salimatou Fatty, Gambian educator Salimatou Kourouma, Malian basketball player
Meaning & Origin of Salimatou
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Salimatou is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Salimatou Fatty, Gambian educator Salimatou Kourouma, Malian basketball player
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The Story of Salimatou
Salimatou first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1999, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2010, when 12 Salimatous were born — ranking #9,230 that year. As of 2026, Salimatou ranks #15,292 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 113 Salimatous have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Salimatou
Salimatou is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 113 births in the dataset. Salimatou's peak popularity came in 2010 when it ranked #9,230. Use the chart and map above to compare Salimatou'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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