Shalom
Feminine · “peace”
Shalom is given to both — 1,229 girls and 2,460 boys since 1880. See Shalom as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Shalom is the Hebrew word for peace, and it is a larger word than the English one — it means wholeness and things being as they should be, not merely the absence of fighting. It is a greeting, a farewell and a name all at once.
How old is the name Shalom?
Shalom first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Shalom alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 1,200 people named Shalom are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shalom most popular?
Shalom peaked in 2017, reaching #3091 nationally. Today it ranks #3130, 39 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Shalom
Shalom is one of the central words of the Hebrew Bible, used for wellbeing, for the state of a healed relationship and for the greeting that has served Hebrew speakers for three thousand years. As a personal name it is used in Israel for women and men alike and has been in continuous Jewish use for centuries. It appears in American records in modest but steady numbers, chiefly in Jewish families and in some Christian ones who take it directly from scripture.
Meaning
peace, wholeness
From a Hebrew root meaning to be complete or sound; the same root gives Solomon, Salome and the Arabic salaam.
Pronouncing Shalom
shah-LOME
Two syllables with the stress on the second. Ashkenazi and Yiddish usage says SHOH-lom, with the stress moved forward.
Nicknames for Shalom
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most girls named
- 201752 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3091reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- +21.4%51 in 2025, from 42
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Shalom in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Shalom in Hebrew — transliteration
- Salam in Arabic — related form
- Sholom in Yiddish — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, New York.
Shaloms among us
people named Shalom are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 31,515 born in 2025 was named Shalom
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sachi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Shalom's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sachi climbed just as high around 2001, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sachi's path sketches the road Shalom is walking now.
Shalom sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Shalom is headed
Shalom should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Shalom beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Shalom in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning known to a great many people who speak no Hebrew at all.
- Used for women and men, which makes it workable before a birth.
- One of the oldest continuously used words in any living language.
- It is a greeting before it is a name for most people, and it will be said back to her as one.
- The Israeli and Yiddish pronunciations differ in stress, and relatives may use different ones.
- It is strongly marked, which is the point in many families and a consideration in others.
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Feminine · #3130 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Shaloms are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Shalom are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shalom in 2025?
- Shalom ranks #3130 among US girl names in 2025, with 51 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Shalom?
- About 1 in every 31,515 US girls born in 2025 was named Shalom — 51 in all.
- Will my child share the name Shalom with classmates?
- Shalom will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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