Shloime
Masculine · “peace”
Shloime is how Yiddish says Shlomo — Solomon — and it is built on the Hebrew word for peace, which the biblical account makes the point of his reign.
How old is the name Shloime?
Shloime first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Shloime alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 600 people named Shloime are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shloime most popular?
Shloime peaked in 2001, reaching #3143 nationally. Today it ranks #3757, 614 places below that high. See the whole 2001 chart.
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Where it comes from
From shalom to Shloime
The story of Shloime
Solomon builds the temple that David was not permitted to build because he had shed blood, and the name and the reign are presented as belonging together. The name stayed in continuous Jewish use, and Yiddish reshaped Shlomo into Shloime by the ordinary sound changes of Ashkenazi Hebrew. It is very widely used in Hasidic communities in New York, Israel and Europe.
Meaning
peace
From Hebrew shalom, peace or wholeness; Shlomo is the biblical Solomon, and the text makes his name and his peaceful reign a matched pair, in contrast with his father's wars.
How the name formed
- shalom
- Shlomo
- Shloime
Related forms: Shlomo · Solomon · Sulayman
Pronouncing Shloime
SHLOY-meh
Two syllables, first stressed. The shl cluster is unusual at the start of an English word.
Nicknames for Shloime
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
- 1982
- Most boys named
- 202529 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3143reached in 2001
- Change vs 2024
- +20.8%29 in 2025, from 24
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.
Shloime in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Shlomo in Hebrew — same name
- Solomon in English — same name
- Sulayman in Arabic — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey.
Shloimes among us
people named Shloime are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 58,899 born in 2025 was named Shloime
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 Roi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Shloime's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Roi climbed just as high around 1953, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Roi's path sketches the road Shloime is walking now.
Shloime 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 Shloime is headed
Shloime should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Shloime beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Shloime in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning inherited from one of the best-documented names in scripture.
- Shloimy is a warm short form already in universal community use.
- It is entirely distinct from every other name in an American classroom.
- The shl opening is unfamiliar in English and will be stumbled over.
- Solomon is the form everyone outside the community knows, and it looks unrelated.
- It is very strongly marked as a community name, which is the intention.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shloimes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Shloime are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shloime in 2025?
- Shloime ranks #3757 among US boy names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Shloime?
- About 1 in every 58,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Shloime — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Shloime with classmates?
- Shloime will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Shloime
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