Salted fish guts are shown in documents to have been also called "nashi-mono" for a long time since the 16th century, and the name "shiokara" became popular in the latter half of the mid Edo period.
16世紀から記録が確認できる『なし物』との併用がしばらく続いた後、江戸中期後半以降に塩辛という名称で定着した。