Sholom

Boy · SHOH-lum · Hebrew

Sholom is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).

What does Sholom mean?

Hebrew: Ashkenazi form of Shalom

“peace”

Sholem Aleichem, whose stories inspired Fiddler on the Roof, took his pen name from the greeting 'peace be with you'.

Say it: SHOH-lum

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

Sholom is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Sholom in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,747among boys
Babies in 2025: 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 10% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Sholom, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 7 boys.

Half of all the boys named Sholom in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 7 in 20052025

Sholom in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	5	#3,747
2024	6	#3,335
2023	0	–
2022	6	#3,219
2021	3	#4,989
2020	1	#6,143
2019	4	#4,126
2018	5	#3,596
2017	0	–
2016	3	#5,015
2015	0	–
2014	3	#4,829
2013	7	#2,792
2012	5	#3,572
2011	0	–
2010	6	#3,092
2009	3	#4,691
2008	5	#3,305
2007	0	–
2006	0	–
2005	7	#2,292
2004	0	–
2003	0	–
2002	0	–
2001	0	–
2000	0	–
1999	4	#2,513
1998	0	–
1997	1	#3,857

How popular is Sholom in the US?

Rank in 2025: #2,718among boys
Babies in 2025: 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
Five-year trend: Steadyup 14% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Sholom, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.

Half of all the boys named Sholom in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1918Busiest: 52 in 20202025

Sholom in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	47	#2,718
2024	49	#2,674
2023	46	#2,768
2022	44	#2,871
2021	39	#3,073
2020	52	#2,466
2019	37	#3,140
2018	36	#3,168
2017	48	#2,596
2016	42	#2,837
2015	42	#2,808
2014	47	#2,580
2013	40	#2,846
2012	37	#3,057
2011	35	#3,163
2010	36	#3,127
2009	37	#3,104
2008	27	#3,820
2007	28	#3,685
2006	32	#3,304
2005	28	#3,443
2004	32	#3,070
2003	33	#2,918
2002	38	#2,552
2001	30	#2,983
2000	16	#4,567
1999	20	#3,699
1998	16	#4,193
1997	26	#2,899
1996	12	#4,871
1995	13	#4,502
1994	19	#3,463
1993	17	#3,655
1992	28	#2,527
1991	16	#3,629
1990	20	#3,052
1989	10	#4,805
1988	7	#5,745
1987	23	#2,396
1986	14	#3,265
1985	18	#2,708
1984	24	#2,158
1983	19	#2,492
1982	18	#2,595
1981	15	#2,896
1980	11	#3,614
1979	12	#3,356
1978	7	#4,552
1977	8	#4,162
1976	8	#4,010
1975	7	#4,307
1974	13	#2,797
1973	6	#4,503
1972	9	#3,342
1971	5	#4,905
1970	6	#4,228
1969	6	#3,934
1968	5	#4,135
1967	0	–
1966	6	#3,535
1965	5	#3,928
1964	0	–
1963	10	#2,672
1962	0	–
1961	0	–
1960	6	#3,663
1959	9	#2,820
1958	12	#2,368
1957	8	#3,022
1956	0	–
1955	0	–
1954	5	#3,825
1953	5	#3,796
1952	0	–
1951	0	–
1950	0	–
1949	5	#3,688
1948	0	–
1947	5	#3,731
1946	0	–
1945	0	–
1944	0	–
1943	0	–
1942	0	–
1941	0	–
1940	0	–
1939	0	–
1938	0	–
1937	0	–
1936	0	–
1935	0	–
1934	0	–
1933	0	–
1932	0	–
1931	0	–
1930	0	–
1929	0	–
1928	0	–
1927	0	–
1926	0	–
1925	0	–
1924	0	–
1923	0	–
1922	0	–
1921	0	–
1920	0	–
1919	0	–
1918	5	#4,178

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