Saleh

maleStatistical record

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

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

Saleh: Recorded since 1961, it reached #445 in 2011, and it stood at #880 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
52times a registrar ranked it
64years from first to last
#445highest 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	#1578
1998	#2074
1999	#1199
2000	#1330
2001	#1202
2002	#1322
2003	#1410
2004	#1596
2005	#1456
2006	#1168
2007	#1756
2008	#1343
2009	#1265
2010	#1620
2011	#1087
2012	#1229
2013	#1294
2014	#1223
2015	#1046
2016	#1187
2017	#1339
2018	#1132
2019	#1253
2020	#1150
2021	#1290
2022	#967
2023	#738
2024	#880

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 23 of the 60 years from 1961 to 2020.

In 2020: #476 among boys in Norway, #1150 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1961–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1961
First recorded at #493 among boys in Norway in 1961 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1961–2020
Highest recorded position: #445 among boys in Norway, in 2011 (recorded 1961–2020).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #880 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Saleh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 525 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Boys, from 1961.

Saleh 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.

Saleh'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	#493 (1961)	#445 (2011)	#476 (2020)	23 of 60	112 (1961–2020)	8 (1988)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#738 (2023)	#880 (2024)	29 of 29	525 (1996–2024)	45 (2023)

Saleh 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 Saleh in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	26	4 of 10	7
2000s	132	10 of 10	13
2010s	212	10 of 10	21
2020sbusiest	155	5 of 10	31

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 31 births a year.

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

Saleh 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 2 regions, from 1961 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #445 in Norway in 2011.

Saleh'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	#880	36	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#738	45	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#967	31	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1132	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1339	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1187	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1046	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1087	24	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1343	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1168	18	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1410	11	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1322	11	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1199	11	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#476	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#537	4	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#555	4	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#445	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#564	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#494	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#507	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#554	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#498	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#608	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#484	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#594	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#546	6	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#645	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#556	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#654	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#637	4	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#627	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#537	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#575	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#547	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#543	4	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#493	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1961 and 2024, ranked in 43 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #445, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 45 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 35 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.

Saleem · #1128, 29y
Saleena · #1520, 25y
Saleha · #1122, 29y
Salem · #1243, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Anwar · #446, 46y
Shirin · #414, 40y
Estelle · #391, 42y
Rona · #389, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Anwar · #446, 46y
Celestine · #443, 21y
Isolde · #443, 27y
Oona · #443, 30y

Saleh was ranked #445 in Norway · Boys in 2011. 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.

Saleh 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 Saleh without appearing here.

Saleh moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1343 and #3687.
Joakim Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1202 and #3134.
Malin Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #1202 and #3134.
Nicola Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #3225.

Moved ahead of Saleh

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1202 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #848.
Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1330 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1322 and #907.
Theodor Compare
In 1994 they stood at #484 and #563 in Norway · Boys; by 1995 that had become #608 and #211.
Colin Compare
In 2002 they stood at #498 and #514 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #554 and #324.

Moved the opposite way to Saleh

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saleh went from #2863 to #880 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saleh went from #2863 to #880 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saleh went from #2863 to #880 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saleh went from #2863 to #880 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Saleh

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saleh went from #2863 to #880 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saleh went from #2863 to #880 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saleh went from #2863 to #880 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Saleh went from #2863 to #880 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1961 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #445 in Norway in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saleh

Saleh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saleh across 2 official records

Saleh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Saleh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Saleh

Saleh and the names beside it

Saleh moved ahead of

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Saleh at a glance

Saleh across 2 official records

Saleh by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Saleh appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Saleh

Saleh and the names beside it

Saleh moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Saleh

Moved the opposite way to Saleh

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