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How popular is the name Salah?

Births per year, rank history and how many Salahs are alive today.

Salah (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1538th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. The name peaked in 2018, when 30 babies were given the name, the 958th most popular that year.

The Salah you are most likely to meet is around 7 years old. Half of all Salahs born in England and Wales are between 5 and 18, and there are at least 410 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Salah - on average, only one in every 740 such rooms contains a Salah.

How many babies are named Salah each year?

0102030200020201996: 31997: 51998: 41999: 92000: 52001: 72002: 32003: 82004: 92005: 72006: 132007: 112008: 132009: 132010: 142011: 122012: 82014: 132015: 142016: 122017: 172018: 302019: 302020: 292021: 252022: 232023: 212024: 192025: 17actual

Where does Salah rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631997: ranked 2,0221998: ranked 2,4191999: ranked 1,3832000: ranked 2,1422001: ranked 1,7462002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 1,7712004: ranked 1,7322005: ranked 2,1742006: ranked 1,4692007: ranked 1,7562008: ranked 1,5962009: ranked 1,6492010: ranked 1,6202011: ranked 1,7882012: ranked 2,4582014: ranked 1,7212015: ranked 1,6732016: ranked 1,9032017: ranked 1,4702018: ranked 9582019: ranked 9522020: ranked 9622021: ranked 1,1172022: ranked 1,1792023: ranked 1,2722024: ranked 1,4022025: ranked 1,538

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Salah per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 30 in 2018
Salah: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Salah most popular?

Salah peaked in 2018, when 30 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Salah?

At least 410 people named Salah born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Salah?

Most living Salahs are between 5 and 18; the most common age is about 7.

Is Salah becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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