Salimata is a girl's name of African origin meaning “safe.” In 2024 it was given to 10 girls in the United States.
Salimata at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
African
Meaning
“safe”
Also spelled
Salima
About the name Salimata
Salimata belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “safe” — is the sense carried by its African roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page. It travels in a few spellings: Salima.
In the United States, Salimata first appears in Social Security records in 1996. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #9820 in 2017, and in 2024 10 babies received the name — 187 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.