Solomon
Masculine · “Peace”
Solomon is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 38,069 boys against 11 girls since 1880.
Solomon has been written down for close to three thousand years — first in Hebrew as Shlomo, then through Greek and Latin into English, where it has never really gone away. It is a long name that moves easily: three unhurried syllables that collapse, as they have for centuries, into the single bright sound of Sol.
How old is the name Solomon?
Solomon was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Solomon alive today was born around 1998, making them about 27 years old. About 28,000 people named Solomon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Solomon most popular?
Solomon peaked in 1880, reaching #196 nationally. Today it ranks #422, 226 places below that high. See the whole 1880 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Shlomo to Solomon
The story of Solomon
The name belongs first to the Hebrew Bible, where Shlomo — son of David and Bathsheba — reigns over Israel and builds the Temple in Jerusalem. Greek translators of the Hebrew scriptures rendered it Solomōn, Latin made it Salomon, and that is the shape that reached English. It has been carried continuously in Jewish families, taken up by English Protestants after the Reformation alongside other Old Testament names, and honored in Ethiopia, where the ruling dynasty traced its line to Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. The Arabic form, Sulayman, spread the same name across a second vast territory.
Meaning
Peace
From the Hebrew root shalom, 'peace'. The Hebrew form is Shlomo.
How the name formed
- Shlomo
- Solomōn
- Salomon
- Solomon
Related forms: Shlomo · Sulayman · Salomón · Salomon · Salomone · Süleyman
Pronouncing Solomon
SOL-uh-muhn
Stress on the first syllable. The middle vowel is a light, unstressed 'uh' — in quick speech it can nearly vanish.
Nicknames for Solomon
High
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
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 2016907 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #196reached in 1880
- Change vs 2022
- +8.0%767 in 2025, from 710
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.
Solomon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Shlomo in Hebrew — same name
- Sulayman in Arabic — same name
- Salomón in Spanish — same name
- Salomon in French — same name
- Salomone in Italian — same name
- Süleyman in Turkish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Solomons among us
people named Solomon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 2,227 born in 2025 was named Solomon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Solomon 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 Solomon is headed
Solomon 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.
Solomon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Solomon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Spelled the way it sounds, and familiar enough in English that most people write it correctly on the first try.
- Comes with ready-made short forms — Sol, Solly — so it works at both formal and casual length.
- Recognizable across Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, French and Amharic-speaking communities in closely related forms.
- Has been in continuous written use for millennia and on US records since records began, without ever becoming a crowd.
- The biblical king is the reference almost everyone reaches for, and 'the wisdom of Solomon' is a fixed English phrase. The name arrives with that association attached, which some families want and others would rather not hand over.
- It is an unmistakably Old Testament name, and reads as such regardless of a family's own background.
- Three syllables plus a surname makes a mouthful for daily use, so in practice expect Sol to do a lot of the work.
- Salomon is a well-known European sportswear brand, and the Solomon Islands share the name — minor, but they do come up.
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Masculine · #422 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Solomons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 28,000 people named Solomon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Solomon in 2025?
- Solomon ranks #422 among US boy names in 2025, with 767 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Solomon?
- About 1 in every 2,227 US boys born in 2025 was named Solomon — 767 in all.
- Will my child share the name Solomon with classmates?
- Solomon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Solomon
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Boone#423 · Jaden#421 · Julius#424 · Francis#420 · Lucca#425 · Isaias#426 · Conrad#417 · Killian#417
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