boy's name

Shlomo

  • Origin Hebrew
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 6,199

Shlomo is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 211 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Shlomo is a name of Hebrew origin.
  • Peaked in 2024, when 235 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 15,713 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1945.

Shlomo over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,665
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Shlomo by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 12
1950s 67
1960s 80
1970s 206
1980s 445
1990s 724
2000s 1,235
2010s 1,665
2020s (to 2025) 1,239

How popular is Shlomo?

In 2025, Shlomo was given to 211 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Shlomo is used

United States #1,049 211 in 2025
Canada #1,826 11 in 2023
England & Wales #1,987 13 in 2025
France #6,450 5 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shlomo

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shlomo also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shlomo over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Shlomo in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

French
Salomon
Polish
Salomon
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Sliman

Sibling names for Shlomo

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shlomo — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shlomo

How popular is the name Shlomo?

In 2025, Shlomo was given to 211 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Shlomo a girl's or a boy's name?

Shlomo is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Shlomo most popular?

Shlomo peaked in 2024, when 235 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Shlomo a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Shlomo currently ranks #1,049 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.