Salma
52
Babies in 2024
-40%
10-year change
2007
Peak · 142
+16%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Salma
Salma peaked among UK girls' names in the late 2000s (142 babies in 2007) and has remained in active use — 52 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Salma reached its peak in 2007, when 142 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #319 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 52 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 2,652 girls have been officially registered with the name Salma in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 710 girls were registered with the name, starting from 87 in 2014 and ending at 52 in 2024.