Psalm
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Psalm is a name of English origin, meaning “sacred song”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 1,108th for boys in the US (194 babies).
What does Psalm mean?
English: word name, from Greek psalmos
“sacred song”
From the Greek psalmos, a song sung to a plucked instrument, the word used for the hymns of the Book of Psalms.
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Is Psalm a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Psalm has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 19 boys in the UK and 82 girls and 194 boys in the US.
How popular is Psalm in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,473among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 250% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Psalm, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. 8 girls were also named Psalm in 2025 (3,101st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Psalm of any year since it first appeared, in 2018.
Half of all the boys named Psalm in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 30% of the babies named Psalm in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Psalm in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
How popular is Psalm in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,108among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 194about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 694% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 194 boys in the US were named Psalm, making it the 1,108th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,979th. It first appears in the records in 1999. 82 girls were also named Psalm in 2025 (2,239th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had the most boys named Psalm of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Psalm in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 201 boys in the US were given Psalm or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #986, up from #1,108 for this spelling alone.
- Psalm 194
- Saam 7
In 2025, 30% of the babies named Psalm in the US were girls.
Psalm in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 194 | #1,108 |
| 2024 | 177 | #1,172 |
| 2023 | 121 | #1,485 |
| 2022 | 76 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 61 | #2,276 |
| 2020 | 39 | #2,979 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Psalm
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Psalm
Saam
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