Saleema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-LEE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
Saleema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “safe, sound”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Saleema mean?
Arabic: variant of Salima
“safe, sound”
Variant of Salima, feminine of Salim, from Arabic salima, to be safe and unharmed.
Is Saleema a girl's or a boy's name?
Saleema is a girls' name.
How popular is Saleema in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1988, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Saleema in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saleema in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
Names like Saleema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Safiya, Samira, Aaliyah, Salma, Zahara, Safia, Zahira, Amira, Halima, Hiba, Aliya
Names related to Saleema
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Saleema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saleema, updated 20 October 2026.