Salwa

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Salwa: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #655 in 2003, and it stood at #898 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#655highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1755
1997	#2152
1998	#2701
1999	#1970
2000	#1475
2001	#2783
2002	#1784
2003	#1083
2004	#2112
2005	#1690
2006	#1502
2007	#1741
2008	#2721
2009	#2326
2010	#2392
2011	#2150
2012	#1991
2013	#1400
2014	#2058
2015	#2070
2016	#2120
2017	#1512
2018	#1490
2019	#1703
2020	#1618
2021	#1505
2022	#2058
2023	#1525
2024	#1406

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1406 among girls 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 #1755 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 recorded2003–2024
Highest recorded position: #655 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2024).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Salwa appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 398 births with the name.

Salwa 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.

Salwa'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
England and Wales · Girls	#1755 (1996)	#1083 (2003)	#1406 (2024)	29 of 29	398 (1996–2024)	23 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#655 (2003)	#655 (2003)	#898 (2024)	2 of 22	6 (2003–2024)	3 (2003)

Salwa 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 Salwa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000s	118	10 of 10	12
2010s	157	10 of 10	16
2020sbusiest	94	5 of 10	19

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 19 births a year.

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

Salwa 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: #655 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Salwa'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	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1525	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1505	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1618	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1490	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1400	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2150	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2721	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2112	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1083	21	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1755	9	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	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 #655, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 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.

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Sama · #337, 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.

Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Areeba · #655, 29y
Benita · #655, 27y
Nehemiah · #655, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aminat · #655, 18y
Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Areeba · #655, 29y
Azhar · #655, 28y

Salwa was ranked #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2003. 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.

Salwa 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 Salwa without appearing here.

Salwa moved ahead of

Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1991 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1400 and #4739.
Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1784 and #4137.
Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2721 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #4688.
Levi Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2070 and #2070 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2120 and #4096.

Moved ahead of Salwa

Beau Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1475 and #3247 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2783 and #1107.
Audrey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1083 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2112 and #736.
Ida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1083 and #1472 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2112 and #1209.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1784 and #938.

Moved the opposite way to Salwa

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Salwa went from #2701 to #1525 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.

Moved the same way as Salwa

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salwa went from #2783 to #1406 and Harper from #3262 to #22.
Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salwa went from #2392 to #1406 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

What's not yet available

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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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #655 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Salwa

Salwa at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Salwa across 2 official records

Salwa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Salwa across 2 official records

Salwa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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