Salil

Boys' name

Drawn, unsheathed

Salil has been given to 83 babies in the U.S. since 1973. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1993, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Salil, 2022

1 in 677,000

Salil over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Salil: meaning, origin, and history

Drawn, unsheathed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Salil means

Salil means “drawn, unsheathed”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Salil is used in Arabic.

Another recorded pronunciation is /sa.ˈliːl/ for Salil.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 83 boys were recorded with the name Salil between 1973 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1993; its best national rank was #4,417 in 1973.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Salil?

Salil had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 349,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Salil sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Salil. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Salils were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Salil was born before 1993 — so the typical Salil is around 32 today.

Median birth year: 1993; About 32 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 36.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 47.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 83; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 36.1% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Salil rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1993 (8)
Years since peak: 32; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,417; 1973

Spellings of Salil

Salil is not the most common spelling — Malik is, with 17.9% against Salil's 0.03%.

Malik17.9%49,607
Saul15.6%43,288
Ali12.4%34,383
Khalil9.0%25,021
Basil4.7%13,172
Samir4.0%11,094
Gail3.2%8,952
Jamil2.7%7,481

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Salil by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,417; 1973
Peak year: 1993; 8 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 83
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Salil

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Salif Salix Salar Salik Saliou Tylil Kylil Salam Salaar Salih Salaam Salesi Calil Enlil Salah Sallie Halil Salmaan Saleh Cahlil Salim Sally Saladin Salter

Sibling names for Salil

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Kaylene Jacquelynn Katlin Jessenia Brea Krysta Nikole Kalyn

For a brother

Rosendo Brandan Tre Tylor Eloy Raheem Denton Coty

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