Saloma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- suh-LOH-muh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #5,916 for girls
Saloma is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 5,916th for girls in the US (20 babies).
What does Saloma mean?
Hebrew: form of Salome
“peace”
Form of Salome; in Mark's Gospel, Salome is one of the women who witness the crucifixion.
Is Saloma a girl's or a boy's name?
Saloma is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Saloma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,916th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 80,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 20 girls in the US were named Saloma, making it the 5,916th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the girls named Saloma in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saloma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,916 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
Names like Saloma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia, Eliza, Isabella, Ava, Solana, Luna, Lucia, Serena, Samantha, Ximena, Selena, Alora
Names related to Saloma
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saloma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saloma, updated 20 October 2026.