Zalmen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAHL-mun
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,512 for boys
Zalmen is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “peaceful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Zalmen mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Zalman; Yiddish form of Solomon
“peaceful”
Yiddish form of Solomon, borne by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, founder of Chabad Hasidism.
Meaning borrowed from Zalman.
Is Zalmen a girl's or a boy's name?
Zalmen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zalmen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
Zalmen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
How popular is Zalmen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,512th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Zalmen, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1956.
Half of all the boys named Zalmen in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were given Zalmen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,138, up from #3,512 for this spelling alone.
- Zalmen 32
- Zalman 21
Zalmen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 7 | #3,961 |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
Names like Zalmen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Musa, Zayyan, Zayan, Zaydaan, Ziyaan, Uzair, Ziyad, Muhammad, Rafa, Zohaan, Zahir
Other spellings of Zalmen
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, “Zalmen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zalmen, updated 20 October 2026.