Salima

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Salima: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,392, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1392highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1543
1998	#1392
1999	#2189
2000	#3247
2001	#2226
2002	#2301
2003	#1843
2004	#3725
2005	#2438
2006	#2781
2007	#4294
2008	#3397
2009	#5556
2010	#3156
2011	#3185
2013	#4050
2014	#4003
2015	#5730
2017	#2925
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 25 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1392 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Salima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Salima in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	38	4 of 10	10
2000sbusiest	60	10 of 10	6
2010s	42	8 of 10	5
2020s	10	3 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Salima appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1392 in England and Wales in 1998.

Salima'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	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1543	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,392, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
16 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 25 births →

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.

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Sally · #36, 74y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Peri · #1392, 27y
Sorrel · #1392, 27y
Ellora · #1393, 29y
Rollo · #1391, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Peri · #1392, 27y
Sorrel · #1392, 27y
Bracken · #1391, 17y
Ellora · #1393, 29y

Salima 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 Salima without appearing here.

Salima moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #4798.
Kristy Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #4688.
Vicki Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #3970.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Salima

Eabha Compare
In 2008 they stood at #2781 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #5556 and #2326.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Karin Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #5730 and #2705.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #4684 and #1711.

Moved the opposite way to Salima

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salima went from #2096 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salima went from #2096 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salima went from #2096 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salima went from #2096 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Salima

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salima went from #2096 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salima went from #2096 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salima went from #2096 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salima went from #2096 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1392 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Salima

Salima at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Salima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Salima at a glance

Salima by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Salima appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Salima and the names beside it

Salima moved ahead of

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