Saleha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAA-li-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Saleha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “righteous, virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Saleha mean?
Arabic: feminine of Salih
“righteous, virtuous”
Feminine of Salih, the name of a prophet sent to the people of Thamud in the Qur'an.
Is Saleha a girl's or a boy's name?
Saleha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saleha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Saleha, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Saleha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Saleha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 14 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 18 | #1,199 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,780 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
How popular is Saleha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Saleha, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
Half of all the girls named Saleha in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saleha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Saleha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Safiya, Sumayyah, Abeeha, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Hiba, Rahma, Safaa, Halima, Sabiha, Habiba
Names related to Saleha
Salwa, Saliha, Selah, Saaliha, Salihah, Salah, Saelah, Sala, Saleah, Salia
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, 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, “Saleha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saleha, updated 20 October 2026.