Solomon

What Solomon means

Means “peace”

From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Solomon” (revision 93656471), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Solomon?

US: Falling: down from #369 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #295 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1911, when 129 boys got the name (#221 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,227 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,590 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (2.64 per 1,000 boys), DC (2.37 per 1,000 boys), OR (1.13 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Solomon is #422 in the US and #393 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Solomon were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Salomon92 US
• Soloman17 US
• Soliman9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Solomon

Boys

• Orion#334possibly “heaven's light”^*
• Hezekiah#485“Yahu is My Strength”^*
• Moses#515Editor’s note Down from #468 in 2015 to #515 in 2025 in the US
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Pierce#505Form of Peter, meaning “stone, rock”^*

For a sister

• Lydia#92“the region of Lydia”^*
• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Elaina#267Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #267 vs #951 in 2025
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Briella#362Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1993, with 7 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Greek, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Solomon’s. Rank is US 2025.