Salahuddin
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-laah-ud-DEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #754 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Salahuddin is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “righteousness of the faith”. In 2025 it ranked 754th for boys in the UK (51 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Salahuddin mean?
Arabic
“righteousness of the faith”
Salah al-Din, known in Europe as Saladin, was the 12th-century sultan who retook Jerusalem from the crusaders in 1187.
Is Salahuddin a girl's or a boy's name?
Salahuddin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 51 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salahuddin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 754th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 51 about 1 in 5,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 51 boys in the UK were named Salahuddin, making it the 754th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 64 boys.
Half of all the boys named Salahuddin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the UK were given Salahuddin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #562, up from #754 for this spelling alone.
- Salahuddin 51
- Salahudeen 10
- Salahudin 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 728th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Salahuddin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | #754 |
| 2024 | 64 | #650 |
| 2023 | 38 | #913 |
| 2022 | 43 | #813 |
| 2021 | 39 | #878 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 36 | #909 |
| 2018 | 39 | #875 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,170 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,136 |
| 2013 | 32 | #979 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Salahuddin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,207th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Salahuddin, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Salahuddin in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Salahuddin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
Nicknames for Salahuddin
- Salah 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Salahuddin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Abdulrahman, Zayd, Abdullah, Musa, Abdurrahman, Mustafa, Huzaifa, Azaan, Zayyan
Other spellings of Salahuddin
Salahudeen, Salahudin
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Salahuddin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/salahuddin, updated 20 October 2026.