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Salome

#1,042 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Peace

Salome has been given to 5,624 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #1,042 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2024, with 275 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 88% girls, 12% boys all-time.

Babies named Salome, 2025

1 in 13,900

Salome over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
010020030018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Salome over time

In 2025, Salome went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

18802025

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.

Salome: meaning, origin, and history

Peace

Ancient Greek and Hebrew

What Salome means

Salome means “peace”, associated with shalóm.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Ancient Greek Σαλώμη (Salṓmē), from Hebrew שְׁלוֹמִית (sh'lomít) (belonging to the same root as שָׁלוֹם (shalóm, “peace”)).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Salome (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Salome is used in English and German. Its origins include Ancient Greek and Hebrew.

Salome comes through Ancient Greek Σαλώμη and Hebrew שְׁלוֹמִית.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Solomon.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Salome is pronounced /səˈloʊmi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,942 girls were recorded with the name Salome between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 275 in 2024; its best national rank was #541 in 1880.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,416 in 2020 to #1,042 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,703 in 2015 to #1,042 in 2025.

In the United States, 682 boys were recorded with the name Salome between 1910 and 2021. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1924; its best national rank was #1,802 in 1910.

How common is Salome?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 13,900
239 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 6,720
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,042
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
9,616 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Salome sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 9,616 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Salome. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Salomes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Salome was born before 2007 — so the typical Salome is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
25.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
58.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,796
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 25.0% of all recorded uses (1,234).

Is Salome 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
−91
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+374
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+661
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.91×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
86.9%
Peak was 2024 (275)
Years since peak
1
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#541
1880

Spellings of Salome

Salome is not the most common spelling — Sallie is, with 56.0% against Salome's 5.5%.

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.

Where Salome is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Salome was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 2,439 girls, against 1 in 8,295 across all states with data. It was least common in Michigan (1 in 100,000).

141 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 2,439
  2. 2New Jersey1 in 3,448
  3. 3New York1 in 5,263
  4. 4Massachusetts1 in 7,692
  5. 5Georgia1 in 8,333
  6. 6Texas1 in 8,333
  7. 7California1 in 10,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 12,500

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.

Where Salome is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Salome was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 105,849 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Texas1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in —

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. Salome has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Salome around the world

Where Salome 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 & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,892
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2011–2019
    #871
    in 2019
  • France
    1900–2025
    #119
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1993–2024
    #1,542
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1959–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Salome

People whose public names include Salome, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Salome in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Salome. Linked forms have their own page here.

SelmaSolomiiaSalmineSalomėja

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Salome by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,042
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 374
Best rank ever
#541
1880
Peak year
2024
275 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,942
Count in 2025
239

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#1,802
1910
Peak year
1924
16 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
2021
All-time count
682
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Salome

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

SalenaSalinaSalemSalmaSaleenSalomaSalimaSallieSalwaSaloniSallyeSalihaSaliyahSaleahSalayaSalehaSalimahSalamSalleySaleenaSalayahSalahSalleeSalli

Names with a curve like Salome

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Salome, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

IveyEvelinaGuinevereAuraSerafinaQuincyLoveViolettaIvieMariellaIsadoraIsa

Sibling names for Salome

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

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