Salah

Boy · sa-LAAH · Arabic

Salah is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “righteousness, goodness”. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).

What does Salah mean?

Arabic

“righteousness, goodness”

Arabic for righteousness, the first part of Salah al-Din, the sultan known in the West as Saladin.

Say it: sa-LAAH

Is Salah a girl's or a boy's name?

Salah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 22 girls and 36 boys in the US.

How popular is Salah in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,613among boys
Babies in 2025: 17about 1 in 18,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 39% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Salah, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 33 boys.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Salah than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Salah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 33 in 20182025

Salah in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	17	#1,613
2024	19	#1,470
2023	22	#1,322
2022	23	#1,270
2021	28	#1,110
2020	31	#1,007
2019	31	#1,016
2018	33	#980
2017	17	#1,563
2016	12	#2,007
2015	14	#1,779
2014	14	#1,743
2013	0	–
2012	8	#2,595
2011	12	#1,890
2010	14	#1,724
2009	13	#1,760
2008	15	#1,547
2007	11	#1,848
2006	14	#1,487
2005	7	#2,292
2004	11	#1,583
2003	9	#1,723
2002	4	#2,751
2001	7	#1,833
2000	5	#2,237
1999	9	#1,451
1998	4	#2,531
1997	5	#2,109
1996	3	#2,949

How popular is Salah in the US?

Rank in 2025: #3,239among boys
Babies in 2025: 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadydown 4% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Salah, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972. 22 girls were also named Salah in 2025 (5,553rd for girls).

Half of all the boys named Salah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

Girls were 21% of the babies named Salah in the US in 2004, and 38% in 2025.

1972Busiest: 49 in 20192025

Salah in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	36	#3,239
2024	33	#3,453
2023	39	#3,115
2022	32	#3,531
2021	26	#4,007
2020	26	#3,915
2019	49	#2,625
2018	38	#3,053
2017	25	#4,101
2016	29	#3,680
2015	29	#3,683
2014	35	#3,152
2013	18	#4,978
2012	27	#3,804
2011	30	#3,509
2010	33	#3,307
2009	30	#3,549
2008	26	#3,918
2007	31	#3,442
2006	34	#3,152
2005	29	#3,385
2004	26	#3,530
2003	22	#3,833
2002	23	#3,665
2001	12	#5,660
2000	13	#5,290
1999	13	#5,029
1998	16	#4,193
1997	12	#4,954
1996	20	#3,400
1995	9	#5,922
1994	10	#5,446
1993	13	#4,440
1992	12	#4,556
1991	8	#5,934
1990	9	#5,375
1989	5	#7,898
1988	15	#3,345
1987	12	#3,726
1986	12	#3,649
1985	6	#5,780
1984	12	#3,457
1983	7	#4,904
1982	9	#4,232
1981	6	#5,466
1980	11	#3,614
1979	6	#5,353
1978	0	–
1977	5	#5,843
1976	0	–
1975	0	–
1974	0	–
1973	5	#5,099
1972	6	#4,438

Names like Salah

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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