Shlomo
Masculine · “peace”
Shlomo is the Hebrew name behind Solomon — the form used in the Hebrew Bible, and still the everyday form in Hebrew today. It has been carried without interruption for millennia, from the king credited with building the Temple in Jerusalem to Rashi, the eleventh-century commentator whose full name was Shlomo Yitzchaki. In English it lands in two clean beats, SHLOH-mo, with that unmistakable opening cluster.
How old is the name Shlomo?
Shlomo first appears in US birth records in 1945 — 80 years ago. The typical Shlomo alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 5,500 people named Shlomo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shlomo most popular?
Shlomo peaked in 2024, reaching #965 nationally. Today it ranks #1046, 81 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Shlomo to Shlomo
The story of Shlomo
Shlomo (שְׁלֹמֹה) is Hebrew, formed on the root sh-l-m that also gives shalom. It belongs in the Hebrew Bible to the king who succeeded David and to whom Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Songs are traditionally attributed. When the Hebrew scriptures were translated into Greek, the name was reshaped as Solomōn, and it is through that Greek spelling that Latin, French, German, Spanish and English received Solomon and Salomon; the Arabic tradition has Sulayman. Meanwhile Shlomo itself never left Hebrew or Yiddish usage, and it is the form on Israeli documents and in Jewish communities today — including in the states where it is most concentrated in American records.
Meaning
peace, or "his peace"
Built on the Hebrew root sh-l-m, the same root as shalom. The final vowel is usually read as a possessive, giving "his peace"; the plain sense "peace, peaceable" is the reading most often quoted.
How the name formed
- Shlomo
- Solomōn
- Salomon
- Solomon
Related forms: Solomon · Shloime · Salomon · Salomón · Sulayman · Solomōn
Pronouncing Shlomo
SHLOH-mo
Two syllables, stress on the first. The opening shl- cluster does not occur at the start of native English words, so expect some speakers to insert a small vowel: shuh-LOH-mo.
Nicknames for Shlomo
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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
- 1945
- Most boys named
- 2023218 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #965reached in 2024
- Change vs 2023
- −3.2%211 in 2025, from 218
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.
Shlomo in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Solomon in English — same name
- Shloime in Yiddish — related form
- Salomon in French / German — same name
- Salomón in Spanish — same name
- Sulayman in Arabic — related form
- Solomōn in Greek — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, Maryland.
Shlomos among us
people named Shlomo are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 8,095 born in 2025 was named Shlomo
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 Kenan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Shlomo's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kenan climbed just as high around 1997, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kenan's path sketches the road Shlomo is walking now.
Shlomo 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 Shlomo is headed
Shlomo should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High 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.
Shlomo beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Shlomo in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- One of the oldest continuously used names on record, in unbroken Hebrew use since biblical times.
- Has a well-known English cousin, Solomon, which gives an instant explanation when one is needed.
- Comes with settled short forms already in real use: Shloime, Shloimy, Shlomi.
- Recognizable across Hebrew, Yiddish, Greek, Latin and the modern European languages.
- Its meaning is not in dispute — the root behind shalom is plain to anyone who knows the word.
- The shl- opening is unfamiliar in English, so the name will be repeated, re-spelled and occasionally softened to shuh-LOH-mo. Most bearers learn a one-line correction early and it becomes routine.
- Spelling drifts: Shlomo, Shloimo and Schlomo all circulate, and the diminutives multiply further. Choosing one form for documents keeps things simple.
- English has borrowed several Yiddish schl- words used as mild insults, and children sometimes reach for that rhyme. It is worth knowing about, though the name is common enough in Jewish communities that it rarely stays interesting for long.
- The name reads as unambiguously Hebrew and Jewish. For many families that is exactly the point; it is simply worth naming, since it travels with the child everywhere.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shlomos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,500 people named Shlomo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shlomo in 2025?
- Shlomo ranks #1046 among US boy names in 2025, with 211 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Shlomo?
- About 1 in every 8,095 US boys born in 2025 was named Shlomo — 211 in all.
- Will my child share the name Shlomo with classmates?
- Shlomo will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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