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Shalom

boys’ name · 67%girls’ name · 33%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Shalom is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 96 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
960.01% of boys
Peak year
2021106 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1947
3,540people given the name
Babies named Shalom, by year of birthboysgirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

2,362 boys have been named Shalom in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 106 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 31%.

Shalom is used for both sexes: 33% of its bearers are girls (1,178), most of them born around 2017.

By decade

Decadeboys named Shalom
1940s6
1950s15
1960s53
1970s98
1980s166
1990s269
2000s529
2010s744
2020s482

In 2021, its biggest year

Shalom was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Shalom

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.