Shalom

#3,130 for girls in 2025, 51 births · #1,708 for boys in 2025, 95 births
Given to boys 66.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,597
2021 · 107 births
Debut · boys
1947
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,460
since 1947

Shalom over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202023peak #3,091, 2017girlsboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#3,13051#1,70895
2024#3,63942#1,72496
2023#3,38647#1,70199
2022#3,76540#1,78292
2021#4,01436#1,597107
2020#4,00535#1,70791
2019#4,54630#1,75589
2018#3,61442#2,02971
2017#3,09152#1,84480
2016#3,65642#1,90377
2015#3,21151#1,70391
2014#3,48645#1,94574
2013#3,21850#2,16561
2012#3,58344#2,06666
2011#3,84339#2,03566
2010#4,02337#1,98669
2009#4,01338#2,05067
2008#4,55033#2,46751
2007#4,29935#1,97271
2006#5,70923#2,44950
2005#5,43723#2,39948
2004#4,94926#1,95362
2003#5,58621#2,18050
2002#4,28029#2,06852
2001#4,44727#2,21746
2000#5,93718#2,80532
1999#5,89617#2,39837
1998#3,91429#2,71130
1997#5,86816#3,06424
1996#7,13012#2,53530
1995#10,5147#2,84725
1994#11,7786#2,95124
1993—#3,50118
1992#8,06510#2,30332
1991#6,25314#2,46928
1990#10,1937#2,95221
1989#12,3625#2,90221
1988—#2,76520
1987—#2,83818
1986#6,61210#3,65312
1985—#3,07015
1984—#3,27013
1983#9,0156#3,23013
1982#4,71615#2,59618
1981—#2,13824
1980#6,31910#3,43012
1979#10,2105#2,77716
1978#5,56311#3,61410
1977#5,53211#2,79115
1976#4,36314#2,41718
1975#5,9849#3,07812
1974#4,72012#3,12011
1973#4,58612#3,6948
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1971#5,13610#3,6588
1970#7,0706—
1969#5,4568#3,3148
1968—#4,1365
1967—#3,2317
1966—#3,9485
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1963—#2,67310
1962—#3,6406
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First appearance
1947

The first year at least five boys were named Shalom! It came in at #3,370, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1948–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Shalom is popular in 2023

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedMINew York: #488 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 2,599 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #305 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,392 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedVAMaryland: #560 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,904 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Shalom, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#305 · 1 in 1,392
  2. New York#488 · 1 in 2,599
  3. Maryland#560 · 1 in 2,904

Best ever in a state: #305 in New Jersey, 2023.

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New Jersey#305291 in 1,392
New York#488331 in 2,599
Maryland#56081 in 2,904
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Shalom
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 16 spots since 2024 (#1,724 → #1,708)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#1,707 → #1,708)
  • 5 spots since 2015 (#1,703 → #1,708)
Rise & fade · boys
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1947
  • Peaked 2021 at #1,597 (107 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,350
  • Highest: 1 in 16,350 boys born in 2021 were named Shalom (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,980 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 30.2% of all boys named Shalom (744) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1979
  • Mostly girls until 1978, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s6#3,370 (1947)#3,370
1950s15#3,714 (1951)#3,819
1960s53#2,673 (1963)#3,540
1970s98#2,417 (1976)#3,144
1980s166#2,138 (1981)#2,989
1990s269#2,303 (1992)#2,773
2000s529#1,953 (2004)#2,256
2010s744#1,703 (2015)#1,943
2020s580#1,597 (2021)#1,703

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shalom in 2023

girls
#3,386
47 births · 1 in 34,140 girls
boys
#1,701
99 births · 1 in 17,279 boys

Top girls' names in 2023

  1. #1Olivia15,329
  2. #2Emma13,590
  3. #3Charlotte12,638
  4. #4Amelia12,365
  5. #5Sophia11,999
  6. #6Mia11,404
  7. #7Isabella10,871
  8. #8Ava9,737
  9. #9Evelyn9,121
  10. #10Luna7,853
  11. #3,386Shalom47

Top boys' names in 2023

  1. #1Liam20,904
  2. #2Noah19,116
  3. #3Oliver14,792
  4. #4James11,739
  5. #5Elijah11,523
  6. #6Mateo11,293
  7. #7Theodore11,093
  8. #8Henry10,996
  9. #9Lucas10,890
  10. #10William10,673
  11. #1,701Shalom99
More about 2023

girls

1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 34,140 of them was named Shalom, which outranked 80.8% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shalom
  1. #3,329Weslyn48
  2. #3,329Zaniah48
  3. #3,329Zayah48
  4. #3,386Shalom47
  5. #3,386Aelin47
  6. #3,386Amaiyah47
  7. #3,386Anaisha47
  8. #3,428Airam46
  9. #3,428Amaiah46
  10. #3,428Analaya46

Tied with 41 names at #3,386; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,640Kaeli#2,319 → #679
  2. ↑ 1,512Alitzel#2,388 → #876
  3. ↑ 1,287Emryn#2,174 → #887
  4. ↑ 813Adhara#1,583 → #770
  5. ↑ 717Azari#1,412 → #695
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Addilynn#940 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 296India#968 → #1,264
  3. ↓ 259Madisyn#805 → #1,064
  4. ↓ 231Chanel#937 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 219Averi#906 → #1,125

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 17,279 of them was named Shalom, which outranked 88.0% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shalom
  1. #1,694Dan100
  2. #1,694Gerson100
  3. #1,694Leeland100
  4. #1,701Shalom99
  5. #1,701Alister99
  6. #1,701Aris99
  7. #1,701Aryeh99
  8. #1,711Deegan98
  9. #1,711Fred98
  10. #1,711Hansel98

Tied with 9 names at #1,701; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 858Izael#1,665 → #807
  2. ↑ 662Chozen#1,479 → #817
  3. ↑ 589Eiden#1,479 → #890
  4. ↑ 409Cassian#938 → #529
  5. ↑ 385Kyren#1,322 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 384Dior#842 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 275Maxton#963 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 205Davian#967 → #1,172
  4. ↓ 193Braden#935 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 191Heath#862 → #1,053

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2023 →