Salar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-LAR
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,162 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Salar is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “leader, commander”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Salar mean?
Persian: also used in Urdu
“leader, commander”
A Persian title for a chief or commander, as in sipahsalar, 'commander of the army'.
Is Salar a girl's or a boy's name?
Salar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 269% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Salar, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Salar of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Salar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,196th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Salar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #4,018 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Salar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 113% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Salar, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Salar in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Salar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
Names like Salar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Umar Muhammad Zayaan Zayan Hamza Zayd Amir Zorawar Ammar Abdullah Ibrahim
Names related to Salar
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman Armaan
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, “Salar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/salar, updated 20 October 2026.