Zalman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAHL-mun
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Zalman is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peaceful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Zalman mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Solomon
“peaceful”
Yiddish form of Solomon, borne by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Hasidism.
Is Zalman a girl's or a boy's name?
Zalman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zalman in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Zalman, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Zalman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Zalman in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Zalman, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1949.
Half of all the boys named Zalman in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were given Zalman or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,138, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
- Zalmen 32
- Zalman 21
Zalman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 27 | #3,908 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 15 | #3,345 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
Names like Zalman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Hamza, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Ahmed, Zayan, Zayd, Abdullah, Umar, Hassan, Mustafa
Other spellings of Zalman
Names related to Zalman
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Zalman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zalman, updated 20 October 2026.