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Girl's name · #436 in the US (2025) · Trending
63% girls · 37% boys — Salem is also given to boys: 400 in 2025, about 37% in recent years. Salem →
Salem ranked #436 in 2025; about 6,500 girls have been named Salem since 1976.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#1,265 in Canada (2025) · #2,203 in Sweden (2025) · #5,892 in England & Wales (2024) · #4,392 in Ecuador (2023) · #7,057 in France (2020).
Among 177 notable people named Salem:
Similar names: Ellianna · Zaliyah · Keziah · Shalom · Zara · Selah
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