Salah is a distinctive choice, ranked #1538 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Salah in their class.
💎
UK Rank 2025
#1538
Ad
About the Name Salah
Salah has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 440 places in five years. It was most popular in 2019 at #952 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Salah is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Salah in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Salah
Mohamed Salah — Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team.
Salah Al-Yahri — Salah Al-Yahri is a Qatari footballer plays for Al-Kharaitiyat as a midfielder.
Salah Mohammed Tubaigy — Salah Mohammed Abdah Al Tubaigy, also spelled Tubaiqi, is a Saudi forensic doctor.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Salah
Unlikely. With around 17 UK babies named Salah per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Salah in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Salah is declining: down 576 places since 2020, to #1,538 in 2025. It peaked at #952 in 2019.
Salah is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Salah include: Mohamed Salah, Salah Al-Yahri and Salah Mohammed Tubaigy. Short summaries for each appear below.
Salah does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Salahs in the wild.
17
UK babies named Salah (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 576 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Salah
Almost certainly the only Salah in the class
Ad
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Salah
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a right winger or right midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Egypt national team.
Rishama Salah Choheili (Persian: صلاح چحیلی; also known as Ganzibra Ṣalah Jabbar Ṭawus Choheili; Arabic: صلاح الكحيلي Salah Al-Kuhaili; born 1952, Ahvaz, Iran) is an Iranian Mandaean priest in Australia.
Muhammad Salah Eldin Bahgat Ahmad Helmy (محمد صلاح الدين بهجت أحمد حلمى, IPA: [mæ'ħæmmæd sˤɑˈlɑːħ el-, edˈdiːn ˈbæhɡæt 'æħmæd ˈħelmi]), known as Salah Jaheen was a leading Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist.