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How popular is the name Salmaan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Salmaans are alive today.
Salmaan (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 3684th in 2025 and given to 5 babies. The name peaked in 2011, when 14 babies were given the name, the 1600th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1997, with 12 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2025 figure is roughly 36% of its peak.
The Salmaan you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Salmaans born in England and Wales are between 12 and 25, and there are at least 250 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 Salmaan - on average, only one in every 1,212 such rooms contains a Salmaan.
How many babies are named Salmaan each year?
Where does Salmaan 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 Salmaan most popular?
Salmaan peaked in 2011, when 14 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Salmaan?
At least 250 people named Salmaan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Salmaan?
Most living Salmaans are between 12 and 25; the most common age is about 16.
Is Salmaan becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2011 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.