Psalm
#1,110 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Psalm has been given to 1,120 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #1,110 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 194 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 68% boys, 32% girls all-time.
Babies named Psalm, 2025
1 in 17,100
Psalm over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Psalm over time
In 2025, Psalm went to 30% girls and 70% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Psalm?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 17,100
- 194 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 8,800
- 0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #1,110
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 11,846 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Psalm sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 11,846 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Psalm. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Psalms were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Psalm was born before 2023 — so the typical Psalm is around 2 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 87.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 98.7%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 761
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 87.8% of all recorded uses (668).
Is Psalm 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
- +64
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +1,907
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- +10,635
- Places climbed
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 32.33×
- More babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 100.0%
- Peak was 2025 (194)
- Years since peak
- Peaking now
- At its all-time high
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 49.8% average annual change
Spellings of Psalm
Psalm is not the most common spelling — Sam is, with 92.0% against Psalm's 0.55%.
Where Psalm is used — boys
Across 2016–2025, Psalm was most concentrated in Nebraska — about 1 in 12,500 boys, against 1 in 27,402 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Nebraska1 in 12,500
- 2New Mexico1 in 14,286
- 3Texas1 in 16,667
- 4Florida1 in 20,000
- 5Georgia1 in 20,000
- 6California1 in 25,000
- 7Ohio1 in 25,000
- 8Washington1 in 25,000
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.
Where Psalm is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Psalm was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 582,094 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3Maryland1 in —
- 4North Carolina1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Psalm has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Psalm around the world
Where Psalm ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales2018–2025#1,406in 2025
- Canada2019–2024#2,134in 2024
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Psalm by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Psalm
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Psalm
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.