Salahudeen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-laah-ud-DEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
Salahudeen is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “righteousness of the faith”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies).
What does Salahudeen mean?
Arabic: spelling of Salahuddin
“righteousness of the faith”
A spelling of Salahuddin, the name of Saladin, the sultan who recaptured Jerusalem in 1187.
Is Salahudeen a girl's or a boy's name?
Salahudeen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salahudeen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Salahudeen, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 boys.
Half of all the boys named Salahudeen in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 69 boys in the UK were given Salahudeen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #562, up from #2,342 for this spelling alone.
- Salahuddin 51
- Salahudeen 10
- Salahudin 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Salahudeen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
Nicknames for Salahudeen
- Salah 17 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Salahudeen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Mustafa, Zayaan, Zayan, Zayd, Musa, Abdulrahman, Ibrahim, Rayyan, Abdurrahman, Ahmed
Other spellings of Salahudeen
Salahuddin, 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) 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, “Salahudeen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/salahudeen, updated 20 October 2026.