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Salem
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58% girls / 42% boys
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Rising name
6,491births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 417rank at its peak, in 2023
Where babies named Salem are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Salem is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Salem is most common in North Carolina (4 times), Tennessee (2.2) and Ohio (1.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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Rising name
4,687births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 631rank at its peak, in 2024
Where babies named Salem are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Salem is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Salem is spread fairly evenly across the country: no state gives it more than 1.25 times the national average since 1910.
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0% | 100% |
| 1920s | 0% | 100% |
| 1930s | 0% | 100% |
| 1940s | 0% | 100% |
| 1950s | 0% | 100% |
| 1960s | 0% | 100% |
| 1970s | 26% | 74% |
| 1980s | 36% | 64% |
| 1990s | 46% | 54% |
| 2000s | 54% | 46% |
| 2010s | 57% | 43% |
| 2020s | 63% | 37% |