Given name
Salia
“princess; lady”
Salia is a variant of Sally. In English use, Sally carries the interpretation “princess; lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Salia is a variant of Sally. In English use, Sally carries the interpretation “princess; lady.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Salia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 173
- 0 boys · 173 girls
- Most popular year
- 2010
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,747 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,747 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2010. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 330 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Salia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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