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Shloime

Gender
Boy
Say it
SHLOY-meh
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#2,742 for boys
US rank, 2025
#3,756 for boys

Shloime is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peaceful”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).

What does Shloime mean?

Hebrew: Yiddish form of Shlomo (Solomon)

“peaceful”

Solomon, son of David, was the king of Israel famed for his wisdom who built the First Temple.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Shloime a girl's or a boy's name?

Shloime is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Shloime in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,742among boys
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 37,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Shloime, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 boys.

Half of all the boys named Shloime in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 18 in 20212025
Shloime in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20258#2,742
202410#2,328
202311#2,155
20228#2,678
202118#1,481
20207#2,819
20198#2,633
201813#1,902
201716#1,649
201611#2,143
201512#1,990
201411#2,054
201313#1,799
20127#2,849
201114#1,697
20105#3,478
20099#2,241
20086#2,906
20077#2,554
20064#3,522
20055#2,885
20040–
20039#1,723
200213#1,252
20017#1,833
20000–
19997#1,749
19983#3,021
19975#2,109

How popular is Shloime in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,756among boys
Babies in 2025
29about 1 in 59,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Shloime, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. It first appears in the records in 1982.

2025 had the most boys named Shloime of any year since it first appeared, in 1982.

Half of all the boys named Shloime in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

1982Busiest: 29 in 20252025
Shloime in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202529#3,756
202424#4,318
202320#4,882
202220#4,846
202113#6,330
202023#4,271
201926#4,000
201821#4,606
201722#4,462
201619#4,941
201527#3,881
201415#5,729
201316#5,400
201217#5,250
201122#4,354
201017#5,248
200921#4,580
200816#5,482
200713#6,259
200618#4,861
200520#4,321
200417#4,788
200318#4,421
200215#4,913
200128#3,138
200019#4,060
19999#6,524
199810#5,834
19977#7,275
199610#5,528
19956#7,785
19945#8,794
19937#6,809
19920–
19910–
19906#7,171
19899#5,158
198812#3,910
19875#6,945
19860–
19856#5,780
19840–
19830–
19825#6,383

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Shloime: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shloime, updated 20 October 2026.