# Salim (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/salim/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,005 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,005 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 438, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 2,992 |
| 2012 | 47 | 2,621 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,272 |
| 2014 | 45 | 2,701 |
| 2015 | 51 | 2,478 |
| 2016 | 55 | 2,383 |
| 2017 | 54 | 2,412 |
| 2018 | 54 | 2,441 |
| 2019 | 56 | 2,415 |
| 2020 | 44 | 2,800 |
| 2021 | 50 | 2,615 |
| 2022 | 53 | 2,586 |
| 2023 | 65 | 2,215 |
| 2024 | 50 | 2,664 |
| 2025 | 60 | 2,328 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,339 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,586 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,175 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 15 | 1,609 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,407 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 17 | 1,538 |

## People named Salim

- Salim Kechiouche, French actor
- Salim Arrache, Algerian and French footballer
- Salim Sdiri, French athlete
- Salim Aribi, Algerian footballer
- Salim Halali, Algerian musician (1920–2005)
- Salim Keddar, Algerian middle-distance runner
- Salim Salimov, Bulgarian boxer
- Salim Joubran, Arab-Israeli judge
- Salim Stoudamire, American basketball player
- Ben Salime Boina, French bicycle racer and association football player
- Salim Tuama, Arab-Israeli association footballer
- Salim Moizini, French footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.