Salem

Where Salem comes from

From Biblical Hebrew שָׁלֵם (šālēm) (Genesis 14:18).
— Wiktionary's entry for Salem
  • Hebrew
  • Arabic
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1976
    First appearance
    #6,048 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Salem Al-Dawsari born
    Saudi footballer
  3. 1996
    Salem Al-Hajri born
    association football player
  4. 2014
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  5. 2023
    Peak, #417
    734 babies named Salem — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Hebrew.
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Salem Al-Dawsari · Saudi footballer, born 1991
  • Salem Al-Hajri · association football player, born 1996
  • Salem Ilese · American singer-songwriter, born 1999
  • Salem Al Fakir · Swedish singer-songwriter, born 1981
  • Salem Saad · Emirati footballer, 1978–2009

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.