Salome
Girl · SAL-o-may · Hebrew
Salome is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 1,040th for girls in the US (239 babies).
What does Salome mean?
Hebrew: Greek form of a Hebrew or Aramaic name related to shalom
“peace”
Josephus names Herodias's daughter, who danced for Herod, as Salome; a different Salome follows Jesus in Mark's Gospel.
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- SAL-o-may
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Is Salome a girl's or a boy's name?
Salome is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 239 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salome in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Salome, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Salome in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,892nd in England and Wales.
Salome in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,730 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2018 | 22 | #1,524 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Salome in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,040among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 239about 1 in 6,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 239 girls in the US were named Salome, making it the 1,040th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 275 girls.
Half of all the girls named Salome in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2021, 94% of the babies named Salome in the US were girls.
Salome in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 239 | #1,040 |
| 2024 | 275 | #951 |
| 2023 | 222 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 195 | #1,232 |
| 2021 | 148 | #1,450 |
| 2020 | 155 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 125 | #1,679 |
| 2018 | 140 | #1,548 |
| 2017 | 129 | #1,665 |
| 2016 | 120 | #1,735 |
| 2015 | 125 | #1,695 |
| 2014 | 103 | #1,940 |
| 2013 | 83 | #2,236 |
| 2012 | 77 | #2,401 |
| 2011 | 74 | #2,453 |
| 2010 | 83 | #2,296 |
| 2009 | 76 | #2,484 |
| 2008 | 81 | #2,380 |
| 2007 | 84 | #2,293 |
| 2006 | 82 | #2,308 |
| 2005 | 90 | #2,072 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,804 |
| 2003 | 33 | #4,030 |
| 2002 | 64 | #2,464 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 29 | #3,301 |
| 1987 | 21 | #3,980 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,340 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,811 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,871 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 20 | #1,691 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 17 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,835 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 20 | #1,749 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 16 | #2,097 |
| 1928 | 30 | #1,424 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,432 |
| 1926 | 26 | #1,622 |
| 1925 | 23 | #1,794 |
| 1924 | 19 | #2,061 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,672 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1921 | 24 | #1,765 |
| 1920 | 29 | #1,511 |
| 1919 | 30 | #1,423 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,411 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,241 |
| 1916 | 27 | #1,408 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,190 |
| 1914 | 31 | #1,080 |
| 1913 | 27 | #1,040 |
| 1912 | 21 | #1,143 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 19 | #997 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,015 |
| 1908 | 26 | #755 |
| 1907 | 17 | #923 |
| 1906 | 18 | #872 |
| 1905 | 18 | #872 |
| 1904 | 23 | #727 |
| 1903 | 23 | #695 |
| 1902 | 16 | #872 |
| 1901 | 15 | #857 |
| 1900 | 16 | #941 |
| 1899 | 13 | #906 |
| 1898 | 15 | #886 |
| 1897 | 14 | #867 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,047 |
| 1895 | 18 | #746 |
| 1894 | 16 | #744 |
| 1893 | 16 | #739 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 10 | #893 |
| 1890 | 13 | #758 |
| 1889 | 12 | #757 |
| 1888 | 8 | #959 |
| 1887 | 11 | #693 |
| 1886 | 7 | #897 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 14 | #556 |
| 1883 | 9 | #651 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 6 | #740 |
| 1880 | 11 | #518 |
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