Salina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-LEE-na
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Salina is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
Where does Salina come from?
Probably a variant of Selina; Latin salina means 'salt pan'
More on Wiktionary.
Is Salina a girl's or a boy's name?
Salina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Salina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Salina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,649 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 16 | #1,325 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 16 | #1,278 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,741 |
How popular is Salina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,066among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Salina, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 1977, with 385 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Salina in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Salina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,891 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 40 | #3,717 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 41 | #3,704 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 61 | #2,803 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,934 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 42 | #3,688 |
| 2009 | 61 | #2,851 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,886 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,964 |
| 2006 | 80 | #2,353 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,727 |
| 2004 | 69 | #2,443 |
| 2003 | 82 | #2,122 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,982 |
| 2001 | 93 | #1,868 |
| 2000 | 98 | #1,772 |
| 1999 | 109 | #1,546 |
| 1998 | 117 | #1,456 |
| 1997 | 131 | #1,317 |
| 1996 | 142 | #1,230 |
| 1995 | 233 | #837 |
| 1994 | 262 | #774 |
| 1993 | 252 | #799 |
| 1992 | 205 | #943 |
| 1991 | 198 | #955 |
| 1990 | 178 | #1,015 |
| 1989 | 194 | #923 |
| 1988 | 180 | #935 |
| 1987 | 151 | #1,025 |
| 1986 | 160 | #984 |
| 1985 | 156 | #981 |
| 1984 | 162 | #918 |
| 1983 | 168 | #898 |
| 1982 | 192 | #817 |
| 1981 | 186 | #841 |
| 1980 | 186 | #840 |
| 1979 | 169 | #889 |
| 1978 | 202 | #762 |
| 1977 | 385 | #495 |
| 1976 | 161 | #849 |
| 1975 | 90 | #1,252 |
| 1974 | 103 | #1,124 |
| 1973 | 92 | #1,175 |
| 1972 | 81 | #1,263 |
| 1971 | 98 | #1,172 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 47 | #1,784 |
| 1968 | 49 | #1,647 |
| 1967 | 46 | #1,682 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,031 |
| 1964 | 33 | #2,070 |
| 1963 | 25 | #2,423 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,946 |
| 1961 | 35 | #1,954 |
| 1960 | 27 | #2,245 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,375 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,700 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 13 | #2,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,045 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,639 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,980 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,416 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,036 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
Names like Salina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica Francesca Emily Serena Tabitha Melissa Sara Sarah Sophia Alexandra Samantha Fatima
Names related to Salina
Selina Saleena Salena Silan Shalini Saloni Shelina Shaylin Solina Zalina
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, “Salina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/salina, updated 20 October 2026.