Meaning and history
Salma is a name meaning “safe” in Arabic, derived from سلم (salima), which means “to be safe.”
20062006: 362 births, rank #758
2007: 349 births, rank #822
2008: 332 births, rank #848
2009: 360 births, rank #784
2010: 300 births, rank #883
20112011: 313 births, rank #842
2012: 348 births, rank #785
2013: 324 births, rank #825
2014: 309 births, rank #883
2015: 351 births, rank #802
20162016: 385 births, rank #738
2017: 362 births, rank #765
2018: 340 births, rank #801
2019: 289 births, rank #916
2020: 240 births, rank #1,046
20212021: 290 births, rank #919
2022: 311 births, rank #895
2023: 295 births, rank #905
2024: 310 births, rank #871
20252025: 278 births, rank #936
Salma moved from #872 to #937 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1999, with 442 births.