Salmaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sal-MAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Salmaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “safe, secure”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Salmaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Salman
“safe, secure”
Salman al-Farsi, a Persian convert, was a companion of the Prophet who suggested digging the trench at the Battle of the Trench.
Meaning borrowed from Salman. More on Wiktionary.
Is Salmaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Salmaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salmaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Salmaan, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Salmaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 28 boys in the UK were given Salmaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #997, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Salman 23
- Salmaan 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Salmaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Salmaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Salmaan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Salmaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were given Salmaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,987, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
- Salman 54
- Salmaan 5
Salmaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
Names like Salmaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Azaan, Zayaan, Zayan, Ahmed, Abdullah, Saif, Musa, Zayd, Umar, Rayyan
Other spellings of Salmaan
Names related to Salmaan
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, 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, “Salmaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/salmaan, updated 20 October 2026.