# Salman (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/salman/  
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 | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,583 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,583 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,196, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلْمَان (salmān).

## 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 | 76 | 1,857 |
| 2012 | 87 | 1,739 |
| 2013 | 86 | 1,722 |
| 2014 | 108 | 1,504 |
| 2015 | 143 | 1,264 |
| 2016 | 142 | 1,286 |
| 2017 | 119 | 1,448 |
| 2018 | 124 | 1,414 |
| 2019 | 99 | 1,650 |
| 2020 | 72 | 1,993 |
| 2021 | 81 | 1,900 |
| 2022 | 75 | 2,034 |
| 2023 | 83 | 1,905 |
| 2024 | 73 | 2,075 |
| 2025 | 54 | 2,511 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 696 |
| 2012 | 38 | 821 |
| 2013 | 35 | 850 |
| 2014 | 36 | 837 |
| 2015 | 62 | 597 |
| 2016 | 62 | 585 |
| 2017 | 36 | 861 |
| 2018 | 40 | 801 |
| 2019 | 47 | 707 |
| 2020 | 36 | 829 |
| 2021 | 31 | 963 |
| 2022 | 35 | 878 |
| 2023 | 30 | 987 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 23 | 1,226 |

## People named Salman

- Salman the Persian, companion of Muhammad; first Persian convert to Islam
- Salman Raduyev, Chechen warlord (1967-2002)
- Salman Isa, Bahraini footballer
- Salman Mumtaz, Azerbaijani poet (1884–1941)
- Salman Gambarov, Azerbaijani musician
- Salman Shah, Bangladeshi actor
- Salman Alizade, boxer
- Salman Schocken, Businessman, publisher art collector, persecuted by Nazis because Jewish (1877-1959)
- Salman Sharida, Bahraini footballer and manager
- Salman Nazar, Canadian cricketer
- Sal Khan, American educator (born 1976)

## 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.