Salah
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning righteousness or goodness.
Babies a year
17
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1538
17 babies
Salah by the numbers
In 2025, 17 babies in England and Wales were named Salah. In the US, 25 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 35 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Salah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Selahpause or rock; biblical term of uncertain significance693 in the US (2017)
- Salehrighteous, good, virtuous34 in England and Wales (2025)
- Salihrighteous or virtuous13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Salareagle or high-flying24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Salampeace or greetings14 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Salah
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