Shloma
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHLOH-muh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Shloma is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Shloma mean?
Hebrew: variant of Shlomo, the Hebrew form of Solomon
“peace”
Form of Shlomo, the Hebrew name of King Solomon, linked to shalom, peace.
Is Shloma a girl's or a boy's name?
Shloma is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shloma in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Shloma, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 30 boys. It first appears in the records in 1974.
2025 had fewer boys named Shloma than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Shloma in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 274 boys in the US were given Shloma or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #813, up from #4,856 for this spelling alone.
Shloma in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 26 | #4,069 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 29 | #3,713 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
Names like Shloma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Shiloh, Ezra, Hamza, Shaya, Simcha, Salem, Shia, Luca, Koda, Yahya, Avi
Other spellings of Shloma
Names related to Shloma
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Shloma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shloma, updated 20 October 2026.