Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Salimata isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1996. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Salimata through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 200
- 0 boys · 200 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,262 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +14%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,262 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 326 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.
Salimata’s family of names
Salimata may belong to the same name family as SALIMATTA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Salimata
- Salimata LamMauritanian human rights activistborn 1950
- Salimata SawadogoBurkinabe judge, politician and diplomatborn 1958
- Salimata SimporéBurkinabe association football playerborn 1987
- Salimata FofanaIvorian judokaborn 1997
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.