Salem Popularity by Year
Follow Salem across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Salem birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 400 | #679 | Down 48 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 711 | #435 | Down 6 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 442 | #631 | Down 1 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 718 | #429 | Down 12 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 440 | #630 | Up 50 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 734 | #417 | Up 31 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 400 | #680 | Up 34 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 700 | #448 | Up 58 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 364 | #714 | Up 92 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 614 | #506 | Up 102 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 288 | #806 | Up 119 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 480 | #608 | Up 141 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 236 | #925 | Up 282 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 377 | #749 | Up 260 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 155 | #1,207 | Down 58 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 257 | #1,009 | Up 181 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 165 | #1,149 | Up 96 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 205 | #1,190 | Up 94 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 149 | #1,245 | Up 38 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 188 | #1,284 | Up 141 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 139 | #1,283 | Up 202 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 162 | #1,425 | Up 94 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 109 | #1,485 | Up 139 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 144 | #1,519 | Up 577 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 94 | #1,624 | Up 392 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 91 | #2,096 | Up 109 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 69 | #2,016 | Up 245 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 85 | #2,205 | Up 490 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 57 | #2,261 | Down 224 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 65 | #2,695 | Down 25 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 67 | #2,037 | Down 248 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 67 | #2,670 | Down 311 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 84 | #1,789 | Up 678 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 82 | #2,359 | Up 414 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 51 | #2,467 | Up 401 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 65 | #2,773 | Up 323 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 41 | #2,868 | Down 355 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 56 | #3,096 | Down 6 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 48 | #2,513 | Up 188 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 54 | #3,090 | Down 225 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 40 | #2,701 | Down 677 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 57 | #2,865 | Up 168 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 59 | #2,024 | Up 483 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 51 | #3,033 | Up 258 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 41 | #2,507 | Up 96 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 44 | #3,291 | Down 582 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 37 | #2,603 | Down 83 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 56 | #2,709 | Up 99 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 38 | #2,520 | Up 285 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 52 | #2,808 | Up 645 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 32 | #2,805 | Down 295 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 38 | #3,453 | Down 305 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 35 | #2,510 | Up 341 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 41 | #3,148 | Up 25 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 28 | #2,851 | Down 455 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 39 | #3,173 | Up 275 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 34 | #2,396 | Up 87 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 33 | #3,448 | Up 1,291 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 31 | #2,483 | Up 73 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 21 | #4,739 | Up 107 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 29 | #2,556 | Up 62 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 20 | #4,846 | Up 599 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 28 | #2,618 | Up 883 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 17 | #5,445 | Up 2,607 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 18 | #3,501 | Up 419 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 10 | #8,052 | Down 2,044 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 15 | #3,920 | Down 107 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 15 | #6,008 | Up 1,979 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 15 | #3,813 | Down 948 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 10 | #7,987 | Down 107 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 22 | #2,865 | Up 229 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 10 | #7,880 | Down 431 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 19 | #3,094 | Down 897 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 10 | #7,449 | Down 783 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 28 | #2,197 | Up 875 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 11 | #6,666 | Down 331 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 16 | #3,072 | Up 196 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 11 | #6,335 | Up 277 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 14 | #3,268 | Up 1,430 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 10 | #6,612 | Up 951 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 8 | #4,698 | Down 1,992 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 8 | #7,563 | Down 2,024 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 17 | #2,706 | Up 206 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 12 | #5,539 | Up 673 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 15 | #2,912 | Up 1,322 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 10 | #6,212 | Up 2,012 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 9 | #4,234 | Down 1,336 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 7 | #8,224 | Down 1,435 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 15 | #2,898 | Down 281 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 18 | #2,617 | Down 152 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 9 | #6,789 | Up 524 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 19 | #2,465 | Up 204 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 8 | #7,313 | Down 365 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 16 | #2,669 | Up 717 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 8 | #6,948 | Down 608 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 11 | #3,386 | Up 85 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 9 | #6,340 | Down 292 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 10 | #3,471 | Up 1,993 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 9 | #6,048 | — |
| 1975 | Boys | 5 | #5,464 | Down 2,344 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 11 | #3,120 | Up 574 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 8 | #3,694 | Down 72 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 8 | #3,622 | Down 252 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 9 | #3,370 | Up 225 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 7 | #3,595 | Down 58 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 6 | #3,537 | Up 511 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 5 | #4,048 | Down 15 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 5 | #4,033 | Down 319 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 5 | #3,714 | Down 385 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 6 | #3,329 | Down 389 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 7 | #2,940 | Down 69 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 7 | #2,871 | Down 7 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 8 | #2,864 | Up 275 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 8 | #3,139 | Up 121 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 8 | #3,260 | Up 979 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 5 | #4,239 | Down 367 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 6 | #3,872 | Down 355 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 7 | #3,517 | Up 769 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 5 | #4,286 | Down 1,171 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 8 | #3,115 | Down 717 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 12 | #2,398 | Up 1,499 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 5 | #3,897 | Down 505 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 6 | #3,392 | Down 848 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 5 | #2,544 | — |