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How popular is “Saleem” in the USA?

Number of people named “Saleem” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Saleem” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Saleem” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Saleem” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Saleem” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Saleem” by birth year

This chart shows how “Saleem” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1960 5 0.000001204 5 -100%
1967 5 0.000001473 5 -100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 -100%
1970 5 0.000001386 5 -100%
1972 11 0.0000035 11 -100%
1973 7 0.00000232 7 -100%
1974 8 0.000002632 8 -100%
1975 7 0.000002318 7 -100%
1976 18 0.000005932 18 -100%
1977 35 0.000011018 35 -100%
1978 44 0.000013863 44 -100%
1979 42 0.000012624 42 -100%
1980 62 0.000018 62 -100%
1981 34 0.000009828 34 -100%
1982 28 0.000007982 28 -100%
1983 35 0.000010106 35 -100%
1984 20 0.000005733 20 -100%
1985 23 0.000006444 23 -100%
1986 29 0.000008153 29 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 32 0.00000866 32 -100%
1989 23 0.000005983 23 -100%
1990 27 0.000006831 27 -100%
1991 21 0.000005391 21 -100%
1992 30 0.00000781 30 -100%
1993 26 0.000006896 26 -100%
1994 34 0.000009146 34 -100%
1995 27 0.000007373 27 -100%
1996 32 0.000008774 32 -100%
1997 28 0.000007723 28 -100%
1998 36 0.000009787 36 -100%
1999 35 0.000009475 35 -100%
2000 29 0.000007672 29 -100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 -100%
2002 27 0.000007223 27 -100%
2003 29 0.000007627 29 -100%
2004 45 0.000011777 45 -100%
2005 37 0.000009623 37 -100%
2006 37 0.000009352 37 -100%
2007 41 0.000010256 41 -100%
2008 36 0.000009159 36 -100%
2009 47 0.000012303 47 -100%
2010 45 0.000012176 45 -100%
2011 41 0.000011209 41 -100%
2012 36 0.000009843 36 -100%
2013 37 0.000010149 37 -100%
2014 57 0.000015379 57 -100%
2015 42 0.000011349 42 -100%
2016 43 0.000011721 43 -100%
2017 56 0.000015659 56 -100%
2018 61 0.00001735 61 -100%
2019 53 0.00001527 53 -100%
2020 43 0.000012872 43 -100%
2021 47 0.000013873 47 -100%
2022 44 0.000013006 44 -100%
2023 48 0.000014496 48 -100%
2024 72 0.000021631 72 -100%

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