Shalev

#10,505 in 2025Boys' name

Calm, tranquil

Shalev has been given to 134 babies in the U.S. since 2002. In 2025 it ranked #10,505 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Shalev, 2025

1 in 474,000

Shalev 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Shalev: meaning, origin, and history

Calm, tranquil

Hebrew

What Shalev means

Shalev means “calm, tranquil”.

Origin, language, and formation

Shalev is used in English. Its origins include Hebrew.

Shalev comes through Hebrew שָׁלֵו.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 134 boys were recorded with the name Shalev between 2002 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 2019; its best national rank was #6,715 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,720 in 2020 to #10,505 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,441 in 2015 to #10,505 in 2025.

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.

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How common is Shalev?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,505; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Shalev 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 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shalev. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shalevs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shalev was born before 2016 — so the typical Shalev is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 58.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 134; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 58.2% of all recorded uses (78).

Is Shalev 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: +3,411; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,215; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: −64; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 53.8%; Peak was 2019 (13)
Years since peak: 6; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 41.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,715; 2019

Spellings of Shalev

Shalev is not the most common spelling — Shane is, with 89.6% against Shalev's 0.06%.

Shane89.6%192,583
Salem2.2%4,687
Khaled1.3%2,777
Shalom1.1%2,460
Saleh0.83%1,777
Shae0.76%1,629
Shulem0.74%1,584
Hale0.60%1,282

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.

Shalev around the world

Where Shalev 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.

France
2024–2025
#5,080
in 2025

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Shalev by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,505
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,215
Best rank ever: #6,715; 2019
Peak year: 2019; 13 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 134
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Shalev

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

Shahir Shakai Shazil Shabsi Shahem Sharva Shaddai Sharan Shahan Sharvin Shahin Sharbel Shams Shanay Shahzad Shahram Shaarav Shailen Shalon Shanti Shanta Shafer Shanan Shammah

Sibling names for Shalev

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

Annabell Abagail Karleigh Rhianna Alysa Adelle Keren Kendyl

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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