Name meaning & stats
Salim
Salim means “safe”. 2,005 US babies since 1940, peak 2023.
What it means
“safe”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2023
2,005 US babies were named Salim between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Salim (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 51% of the family
- Salim 51%
- Saleem 49%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2023)