Given name
Salihah
“one who is agreeable; correct”
Salihah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is agreeable; correct.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is agreeable; correct.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Salihah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 75
- 0 boys · 75 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 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 girls is 5 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 147 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.
Salihah’s family of names
Salihah has a related form in Saliha. Salihah has a related form in Saaleha. Salihah has a related form in Saleaha.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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