Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Salam through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 395
- 128 boys · 267 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 20 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,949 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,949 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,614 as a first name in 2020; 1,797 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.
Salam’s family of names
In Greek usage, Salam is a transliteration of Σαλάμ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Salam
- Salam FayyadPalestinian politician, Former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority under President Abbasborn 1952
- Salam ShakerIraqi footballerborn 1986
- Salam PaxIraqi bloggerborn 1974
- Salam Jiddoufootballerborn 2000
- Ranjan Singh SalamIndian professional footballerborn 1995
- Salam SalamzadeAzerbaijani painter1908–1997
- Salam Mohamed Abdul SalamSwimmerborn 1958
- Salam al-ZaubaiIraqi politician1959–2022
- Salam KaramSwedish journalistborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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