Salman

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Salman: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Salman: Recorded since 1979, it reached #275 in 2016, and it stood at #385 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
46years from first to last
#275highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#464
1997	#554
1998	#452
1999	#516
2000	#480
2001	#460
2002	#509
2003	#710
2004	#555
2005	#615
2006	#608
2007	#603
2008	#649
2009	#724
2010	#942
2011	#696
2012	#821
2013	#850
2014	#837
2015	#597
2016	#585
2017	#861
2018	#801
2019	#707
2020	#829
2021	#963
2022	#878
2023	#987
2024	#1235

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 31 of the 46 years from 1979 to 2024.

In 2024: #385 among boys in Norway, #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1235 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1979–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #638 among boys in Norway in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1979–2024
Highest recorded position: #275 among boys in Norway, in 2016 (recorded 1979–2024).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Salman appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1979, and has registered 212 births with the name.

Salman across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Salman's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#638 (1979)	#275 (2016)	#385 (2024)	31 of 46	212 (1979–2024)	18 (2016)
England and Wales · Boys	#464 (1996)	#452 (1998)	#1235 (2024)	29 of 29	1,173 (1996–2024)	62 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#506 (2004)	#506 (2004)	#582 (2024)	4 of 21	14 (2004–2024)	5 (2024)

Salman by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Salman in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	4	1 of 10	4
1980s	13	3 of 10	4
1990s	27	5 of 10	5
2000s	60	9 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	88	10 of 10	9
2020s	20	3 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Salman appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1979 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #275 in Norway in 2016.

Salman's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1235	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#987	30	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#878	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#963	31	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#829	36	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#707	47	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#801	40	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#585	62	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#597	62	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#837	36	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#850	35	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#821	38	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#696	46	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#942	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#724	41	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#649	47	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#603	49	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#608	47	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#615	43	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#555	46	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#710	30	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#509	42	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#460	45	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#480	41	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#516	38	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#452	46	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#554	32	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#464	40	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#385	8	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#394	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#490	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#366	9	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#308	13	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#390	9	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#275	18	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#442	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#353	11	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#470	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#485	6	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#557	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#523	5	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#371	11	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#567	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#470	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#385	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#389	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#564	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#482	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#527	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#556	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#459	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#517	6	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#635	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#604	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#644	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#657	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#638	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1979 and 2024, ranked in 37 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #275, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 62 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 25 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Salma · #228, 47y
Salmaan · #1113, 28y
Salome · #871, 29y
Salsabeel · #3197, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hala · #275, 35y
Clyde · #279, 33y
Dionne · #279, 37y
Lyndon · #271, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Aram · #275, 36y
Steffan · #275, 48y
Crona · #276, 11y
Betina · #277, 29y

Salman was ranked #275 in Norway · Boys in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Salman and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Salman without appearing here.

Salman moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2003 they stood at #710 and #695 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #555 and #1347.
Wayne Compare
In 2010 they stood at #942 and #678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #696 and #1303.
Gary Compare
In 2010 they stood at #942 and #897 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #696 and #1024.
Calum Compare
In 2017 they stood at #861 and #719 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #801 and #1040.

Moved ahead of Salman

Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #724 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #942 and #625.
Eoin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #987 and #1018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1235 and #945.
Erik Compare
In 2009 they stood at #724 and #748 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #942 and #653.
Jonah Compare
In 2003 they stood at #385 and #464 in Norway · Boys; by 2004 that had become #529 and #290.

Moved the opposite way to Salman

Tony Compare
Between 1979 and 2018 in Norway · Boys, Salman went from #638 to #308 while Tony went from #202 to #468.
Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salman went from #464 to #1235 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salman went from #464 to #1235 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salman went from #464 to #1235 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.

Moved the same way as Salman

Julian Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Salman went from #657 to #385 and Julian from #499 to #57.
Levi Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Salman went from #657 to #385 and Levi from #649 to #92.
Theodor Compare
Between 1981 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Salman went from #657 to #385 and Theodor from #613 to #8.
Ludvig Compare
Between 1982 and 2024 in Norway · Boys, Salman went from #644 to #385 and Ludvig from #588 to #15.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1979 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #275 in Norway in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Salman

Salman at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Salman across 3 official records

Salman by decade in Norway · Boys

Salman appears in

Popularity data

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Salman at a glance

Salman across 3 official records

Salman by decade in Norway · Boys

Salman appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Salman moved ahead of

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