Saliou
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sah-LYOO
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Saliou is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “righteous, virtuous”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Saliou mean?
Arabic: West African (Senegalese) form of Salih
“righteous, virtuous”
Serigne Saliou Mbacke (1915-2007) led Senegal's Mouride Sufi brotherhood.
Is Saliou a girl's or a boy's name?
Saliou is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saliou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Saliou, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Saliou in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saliou in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
Names like Saliou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Hamza Zayd Zayan Samir Muhammad Musa Saif Ahmir Zamir Amir Said
Names related to Saliou
More Arabic names
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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, “Saliou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saliou, updated 20 October 2026.