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Is Salma a Male or Female Name?

Salma is predominantly a female name

Gender Distribution

The gender distribution of people named Salma globally is 4.7% males and 95.3% females. The country with the highest male ratio is Oman with 9.5% and the country with the highest female ratio is United Arab Emirates with 99.9%

Bar chart showing gender ratios of people named Salma in percentages: Globally: 4.7% males, 95.3% females, Morocco: 6.8% males, 93.2% females, Egypt: 3.7% males, 96.3% females, Tunisia: 4.3% males, 95.7% females, Saudi Arabia: 9.2% males, 90.8% females, France: 2.2% males, 97.8% females, United States: 0.6% males, 99.4% females, Algeria: 6.9% males, 93.1% females, Sudan: 1.9% males, 98.1% females, Bangladesh: 3.6% males, 96.4% females, United Kingdom: 0.7% males, 99.3% females

Age Distribution

The largest group of people named Salma are 18-24 years old, making up 72.6% of people with the name. The smallest group are aged 65+.

Doughnut chart showing the proportion of people named Salma in each age group: 18-24: 72.6%, 25-34: 12.9%, 35-44: 7.4%, 45-54: 4.2%, 55-64: 2.1%, 65+: 0.9%

Popular Countries

The country with the largest proportion of people named Salma is Morocco with 0.3797% of the population. Following is Tunisia and Egypt.

Historic Popularity

The historic popularity of the name Salma measured by the global proportion of people with the given name.

Line chart showing global proportion of people named Salma year over year: 1956: 0.0012‰, 1957: 0.0021‰, 1958: 0.0017‰, 1959: 0.0035‰, 1960: 0.0032‰, 1961: 0.0028‰, 1962: 0.0035‰, 1963: 0.0057‰, 1964: 0.005‰, 1965: 0.0061‰, 1966: 0.0055‰, 1967: 0.0059‰, 1968: 0.0057‰, 1969: 0.0062‰, 1970: 0.0101‰, 1971: 0.0056‰, 1972: 0.0083‰, 1973: 0.0091‰, 1974: 0.0085‰, 1975: 0.0112‰, 1976: 0.0103‰, 1977: 0.0119‰, 1978: 0.0119‰, 1979: 0.0114‰, 1980: 0.016‰, 1981: 0.0126‰, 1982: 0.0147‰, 1983: 0.0162‰, 1984: 0.0176‰, 1985: 0.0184‰, 1986: 0.0193‰, 1987: 0.0202‰, 1988: 0.0213‰, 1989: 0.022‰, 1990: 0.0256‰, 1991: 0.0273‰, 1992: 0.0246‰, 1993: 0.0224‰, 1994: 0.022‰, 1995: 0.0335‰, 1996: 0.0434‰, 1997: 0.0664‰, 1998: 0.115‰, 1999: 0.1753‰, 2000: 0.1846‰, 2001: 0.0908‰

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