Shulem
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHOO-lem
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,942 for boys
Shulem is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peace”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 1,942nd for boys in the US (79 babies).
What does Shulem mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Shalom
“peace”
A Yiddish pronunciation of Shalom, used mainly in Hasidic families.
Is Shulem a girl's or a boy's name?
Shulem is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 79 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shulem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Shulem, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shulem in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Shulem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Shulem in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,942nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 79 about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 79 boys in the US were named Shulem, making it the 1,942nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,190th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 92 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Shulem in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shulem in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #1,942 |
| 2024 | 78 | #1,985 |
| 2023 | 92 | #1,765 |
| 2022 | 71 | #2,093 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,172 |
| 2020 | 63 | #2,190 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,227 |
| 2018 | 56 | #2,354 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 53 | #2,412 |
| 2015 | 49 | #2,527 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2013 | 50 | #2,460 |
| 2012 | 53 | #2,379 |
| 2011 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 2010 | 50 | #2,466 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,683 |
| 2007 | 54 | #2,372 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,839 |
| 2003 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 24 | #3,187 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 19 | #3,160 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,698 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
Names like Shulem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Hamza, Abdullah, Ahmed, Zayd, Mustafa, Umar, Zayan, Zayaan, Zakariya
More Hebrew names
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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, “Shulem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shulem, updated 20 October 2026.