Given name & surname
Salman
“one who provides security”
Salman is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who provides security.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who provides security.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic سَلْمَان; its root is Arabic س ل م.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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
Salman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,583
- 2,583 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 143 babies
- 2025
- 54
- #2,511 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 54 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,511 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 34.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 143 in 2015. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,904 as a first name in 2020; 4,253 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.
Salman’s family of names
Salman has a related form in Saman. Salman has a related form in Salmann. Salman has a related form in Samann.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Salman
- Salman KhanIndian actor and producer (born 1965)
- Salman of Saudi ArabiaKing of Saudi Arabia since 2015born 1935
- Salman the Persiancompanion of Muhammad; first Persian convert to Islam568–657
- Sal KhanAmerican educator (born 1976)
- Salman Al-FarajSaudi Arabian footballerborn 1989
- Salman bin Hamad Al KhalifaPrime Minister of the Kingdom of Bahrainborn 1969
- Salman TaseerPakistani politician (1944-2011)
- Salman RaduyevChechen warlord (1967-2002)
- Salman bin Ibrahim Al KhalifaPresident of the Asian Football Federationborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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