Salman
2025 SSA
About Salman
Salman is an Arabic name dating back to Salman the Persian, one of Muhammad's companions. In this country it is strongly associated with Anglo-Indian novelist Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.
Somewhat related names are Salmon, associated with Salmom P. Chase, U.S. Treasury Secretary under Lincoln and the sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; and Zalman, a Yiddish variation of Solomon.
Pronounced SAHL-mun.
As of October 2026, Salman ranked #2511 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1264 in 2015.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,504 | 108 | 56.2 |
| 2015 | #1,264 | 143 | 74.6 |
| 2016 | #1,286 | 142 | 74.8 |
| 2017 | #1,446 | 119 | 64.3 |
| 2018 | #1,414 | 124 | 68.3 |
| 2019 | #1,650 | 99 | 55.2 |
| 2020 | #1,992 | 72 | 41.7 |
| 2021 | #1,900 | 81 | 46.3 |
| 2022 | #2,031 | 75 | 43 |
| 2023 | #1,905 | 83 | 48.5 |
| 2024 | #2,067 | 73 | 42.4 |
| 2025 | #2,511 | 54 | 31.6 |
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Salman on lists
Famous Salmans
- Salman Khan
Indian actor
- Salman the Persian
companion of the prophet Muhammad; first Persian to convert to Islam
- Salman bin Abdulaziz al
Saud, King of Saudi Arabia
- (Ahmed) Salman Rushdie
British Indian novelist
- Salman Butt
Pakistani cricketer
- Salman Khurshid
Indian politician
- Salman bin Fahd bin Abdullah Al
Ouda, Saudi cleric and Muslim scholar