Salem

Boy · recorded 1912–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.8 to 1)

  • #679in 2025
  • 1 in 4,270boys in 2025
  • +223%last ten years
  • 2.7×in Kentucky

Most popular in 2023, and up 223% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1912

012925719121940196919972025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 75 recorded years as a table
Salem, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191212
19157
19166
191812
19198
19205
19216
19226
19235
19247
19267
19318
19406
19425
19503
19513
19622
19632
19663
19694
19715
19725
19735
19747
19753
19766
19777
197810
197911
198010
19818
19825
19838
19849
19854
19868
19879
198815
19899
199011
19917
19928
19939
199414
199515
199616
199718
199815
199918
200016
200120
200219
200321
200430
200520
200623
200720
200825
200942
201035
201130
201236
201350
201457
201573
201679
201789
201885
2019132
2020167
2021208
2022229
2023257
2024257
2025234

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Kentucky 2.7×
  2. Oklahoma 2.4×
  3. Indiana 2.2×
  4. Tennessee 2.0×
  5. Ohio 1.7×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
400
Rank in 2025
#679
How rare
1 in 4,270 boys
Since 1912
4,687

Most popular in 2023, at 257 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 223% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Kentucky2.7×41
Oklahoma2.4×31
Indiana2.2×53
Tennessee2.0×53
Ohio1.7×67

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.