Saalih
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAH-lih
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Saalih is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “righteous, virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Saalih mean?
Arabic: spelling of Salih
“righteous, virtuous”
The prophet Salih is named in the Quran as a messenger to the ancient people of Thamud.
Meaning borrowed from Salih. More on Wiktionary.
Is Saalih a girl's or a boy's name?
Saalih is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saalih in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Saalih, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Saalih in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 boys in the UK were given Saalih or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #619, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Saalih in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
Names like Saalih
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Musa Zayaan Zayd Mustafa Zayan Ahmed Umar Amir Ibrahim Zayyan
Other spellings of Saalih
Names related to Saalih
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saalih: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saalih, updated 20 October 2026.