Salim

maleStatistical record

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

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

Salim: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #506 in 2004, and it stood at #1,460 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#506highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#728
1997	#1454
1998	#1485
1999	#1082
2000	#1048
2001	#842
2002	#1253
2003	#1011
2004	#1110
2005	#1190
2006	#1347
2007	#1756
2008	#1343
2009	#1425
2010	#1483
2011	#1909
2012	#1756
2013	#1339
2014	#1370
2015	#1586
2016	#2175
2017	#2512
2018	#1786
2019	#1189
2020	#2682
2021	#1860
2022	#1609
2023	#1407
2024	#1460

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2004: #506 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1110 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #728 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1460 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Salim 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 Salim in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	50	4 of 10	13
2000sbusiest	157	10 of 10	16
2010s	144	10 of 10	14
2020s	70	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Salim 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Salim'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	#1460	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1407	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1860	12	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2682	7	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1189	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2175	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1370	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1339	18	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1909	11	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1425	16	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	#1347	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1190	17	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1011	18	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1253	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1048	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1082	13	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1485	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#728	21	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #506, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2019.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 8 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.

Salih · #1458, 29y
Saliha · #1411, 29y
Salima · #1392, 25y
Salina · #1234, 28y

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.

Ahad · #506, 29y
Boluwatife · #506, 25y
Chidera · #506, 24y
Danish · #506, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ahad · #506, 29y
Boluwatife · #506, 25y
Chesney · #506, 13y
Chidera · #506, 24y

Salim was ranked #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2004. 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.

Salim 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 Salim without appearing here.

Salim moved ahead of

Glenn Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2512 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1786 and #3412.
Garry Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1253 and #1077 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1011 and #1771.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1048 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #842 and #1595.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1407 and #2160.

Moved ahead of Salim

Shea Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1189 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #1192.
Conan Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1189 and #1506 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #1379.
Leif Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1189 and #2104 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2682 and #1548.
Carter Compare
In 1996 they stood at #728 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #1454 and #476.

Moved the opposite way to Salim

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salim went from #728 to #1460 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salim went from #728 to #1460 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salim went from #728 to #1460 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salim went from #728 to #1460 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Salim

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salim went from #728 to #1460 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salim went from #728 to #1460 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salim went from #728 to #1460 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Salim went from #728 to #1460 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #506 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Salim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Salim at a glance

Salim by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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