Shlome
Masculine · “peace”
Shlome is Solomon in Yiddish, and the Hebrew behind it is built on peace — the same three consonants that give shalom. It is a name about wholeness rather than about wisdom, whatever the king is remembered for.
How old is the name Shlome?
Shlome first appears in US birth records in 1959 — 66 years ago. The typical Shlome is a kid of about 12 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Shlome are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shlome most popular?
Shlome peaked in 2025, reaching #2884 nationally. Today it ranks #2884, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Shlomo to Shlome
The story of Shlome
Solomon is David's son and the builder of the first temple, and the tradition attaches to him the books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs as well as a reputation for judgment that has outlived every other detail. The name stayed in continuous Jewish use, and Yiddish reshaped it as it reshaped everything — Shlomo became Shloime and Shlome in Eastern European mouths. Those forms reached New York with Ashkenazi emigration and remain in ordinary use in observant communities.
Meaning
peace, wholeness
Hebrew Shlomo is built on the root sh-l-m, which carries peace, completeness and wholeness together — the same root behind shalom. The reading is documented. Shlome and Shloime are Yiddish pronunciations of Shlomo, with the Ashkenazi vowel shift that turns a long o into a diphthong.
How the name formed
- Shlomo
- Shloime
- Shlome
Related forms: Shlomo · Solomon · Shloime · Sulayman
Pronouncing Shlome
SHLOH-meh
Two syllables, stress on the first. The shl- opening does not occur in English and gets broken into two by speakers meeting it cold. Israeli Hebrew says shlo-MO, with the stress at the end and a full final o.
Nicknames for Shlome
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
- 1959
- Most boys named
- 202543 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2884reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +7.5%43 in 2025, from 40
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.
Shlome in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Shlomo in Hebrew — related form
- Solomon in English — same name
- Shloime in Yiddish — spelling variant
- Sulayman in Arabic — same name
Shlomes among us
people named Shlome are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 39,723 born in 2025 was named Shlome
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 Hari test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Shlome's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Hari climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Hari's path sketches the road Shlome is walking now.
Shlome 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 Shlome is headed
Shlome 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.
Shlome beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Shlome in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A meaning built on the word for peace, transparent to every Hebrew and Yiddish speaker.
- Solomon and Shlomo both stand behind it as fuller formal versions.
- Deeply rooted in a living tradition rather than borrowed from one.
- The shl- cluster is genuinely difficult for English speakers and will be broken up.
- Shlome, Shloime and Shlomo all circulate and belong to slightly different communities.
- It is strongly identified with observant Ashkenazi families, which is either the point or something to weigh.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shlomes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Shlome are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shlome in 2025?
- Shlome ranks #2884 among US boy names in 2025, with 43 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Shlome?
- About 1 in every 39,723 US boys born in 2025 was named Shlome — 43 in all.
- Will my child share the name Shlome with classmates?
- Shlome will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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