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How popular is the name Salim?
Births per year, rank history and how many Salims are alive today.
Salim (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1538th in 2025 and given to 17 babies. The name peaked in 2019, when 22 babies were given the name, the 1189th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2001, with 20 babies given the name that year.
The Salim you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old - or else around 22: the name has two living generations. Half of all Salims born in England and Wales are between 8 and 23, and there are at least 440 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 Salim - on average, only one in every 689 such rooms contains a Salim.
How many babies are named Salim each year?
Where does Salim rank among boys' names?
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.
Common questions
When was the name Salim most popular?
Salim peaked in 2019, when 22 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Salim?
At least 440 people named Salim born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Salim?
Most living Salims are between 8 and 23; the most common age is about 2. There is a second cluster around 22.
Is Salim becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.