Salah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Salah: Recorded since 1959, it reached #433 in 2021, and it stood at #1,402 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
54times a registrar ranked it
66years from first to last
#433highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2022
1998	#2419
1999	#1383
2000	#2142
2001	#1746
2002	#3225
2003	#1771
2004	#1732
2005	#2174
2006	#1469
2007	#1756
2008	#1596
2009	#1649
2010	#1620
2011	#1788
2012	#2458
2014	#1721
2015	#1673
2016	#1903
2017	#1470
2018	#958
2019	#952
2020	#962
2021	#1117
2022	#1179
2023	#1272
2024	#1402

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 24 of the 54 years from 1959 to 2012.

In 2022: #779 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1179 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1959–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #483 among boys in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1402 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Salah appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 28 ranked years and 377 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1959.

Salah across 2 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.

Salah'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	#483 (1959)	#436 (1964)	#561 (2012)	24 of 54	132 (1959–2012)	9 (1974)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#952 (2019)	#1402 (2024)	28 of 29	377 (1996–2024)	30 (2018)

Salah by decade in England and Wales · 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 Salah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	89	10 of 10	9
2010s	150	9 of 10	17
2020sbusiest	117	5 of 10	23

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 23 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Salah 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 4 regions, from 1959 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #433 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Salah'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	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1272	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1179	23	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1117	25	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#962	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#952	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#958	30	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1469	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2142	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#561	4	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#563	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#480	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#559	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#593	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#545	6	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#593	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#509	7	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#609	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#600	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#636	4	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#633	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#563	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#570	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#627	4	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#438	9	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#478	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#450	8	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#572	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#591	4	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#475	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#507	5	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#436	7	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#483	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1959 and 2024, ranked in 50 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #433, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 30 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 63 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.

Sakura · #1887, 23y
Salaar · #577, 16y
Salahuddin · #592, 24y
Salahudeen · #1825, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Rahma · #424, 45y
Boris · #374, 48y
Joao · #370, 54y
Juliana · #366, 48y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Fernando · #418, 55y
Eilin · #395, 24y
Seyed · #395, 49y
Rina · #391, 50y

Salah was ranked #433 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2021. 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.

Salah 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 Salah without appearing here.

Salah moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2014 they stood at #2458 and #2458 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1673 and #4747.
Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1596 and #3687.
Nicola Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #3651.
Fredrik Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1272 and #1272 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #3254.

Moved ahead of Salah

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #848.
Phillip Compare
In 2009 they stood at #480 and #552 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #563 and #154.
Kasper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1771 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #1347.
Luca Compare
In 2009 they stood at #480 and #588 in Norway · Boys; by 2010 that had become #563 and #217.

Moved the opposite way to Salah

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salah went from #2863 to #1402 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salah went from #2863 to #1402 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salah went from #2863 to #1402 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salah went from #2863 to #1402 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Salah

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salah went from #2863 to #1402 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salah went from #2863 to #1402 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salah went from #2863 to #1402 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salah went from #2863 to #1402 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 4 regions, from 1959 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #433 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Salah

Salah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Salah across 2 official records

Salah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Salah appears in

Popularity data

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Salah at a glance

Salah across 2 official records

Salah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Salah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Salah

Salah and the names beside it

Salah moved ahead of

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