Saliha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SAH-li-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,131 for girls
Saliha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “righteous, virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 7,131st for girls in the US (15 babies).
What does Saliha mean?
Arabic: feminine of Salih
“righteous, virtuous”
The feminine form of Salih; its plural, salihat, is used in the Quran for righteous deeds and righteous women.
Is Saliha a girl's or a boy's name?
Saliha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 15 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saliha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Saliha, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 23 girls.
2025 had more girls named Saliha than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Saliha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were given Saliha or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,314, up from #1,868 for this spelling alone.
- Saliha 16
- Saaliha 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Saliha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,853 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,681 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,912 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,943 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,784 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,614 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Saliha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,131among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the US were named Saliha, making it the 7,131st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had more girls named Saliha than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Saliha in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saliha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,131 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Saliha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Abeeha Safiya Aaliyah Sumayyah Hiba Zainab Rahma Safaa Amira Khadija
Other spellings of Saliha
Names related to Saliha
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Saliha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saliha, updated 20 October 2026.