Salema

Girl · recorded 1973–1998

  • 1998last recorded
  • 1980best year

Most popular in 1980.

Last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Salema.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1973

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 7 recorded years as a table
Salema, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19733
19773
19793
19804
19823
19863
19983

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Salema isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Salema

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1998
6
Rank in 1998
#12,426
How rare
1 in 294,491 girls
Since 1973
38

Salema was last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1980, at 4 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Salema doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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