Sholom
Sholom is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 48 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 480.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 202052 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1918
- 1,449people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,449 boys have been named Sholom in the United States since 1918, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2020, with 52 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 28%.
By decade
In 2020, its biggest year
Sholom was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2020 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and William. See all of 2020.
Names that rose and fell with Sholom
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Chaimpeak 2022
- Eliezerpeak 2014
- Avrohompeak 2021
- Moshepeak 2023
- Mikaelpeak 2023
- Aharonpeak 2021
- Alipeak 2022
- Yechielpeak 2024
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.