Given name & surname
Salaam
“resembling a peach”
Salaam is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “resembling a peach.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “resembling a peach.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Salaam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 70
- 70 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 210 as a first name in 2020; 1,577 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Salaam’s family of names
In Greek usage, Salaam as a surname is a transliteration of Σαλαάμ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Salaam
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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