Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Shalom

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Peaceful
Peace

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Shalom

Pronunciation

sh(a)-lom

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #1605, 106 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1708, 95 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2017 (rank #3091, 52 births); most recent 2025 (rank #3130, 51 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20259551
20249642
20239747
20229240
202110636
20209135
20198930
20187142
20178052
20167742

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2020 (rank #1492, 16 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2012, 12 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2009 (rank #1248, 24 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1809, 16 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
20251216
2024615
20231116
202248
2021915
2020169
2019613
201836
2017312
20161219

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #2437, 10 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3272, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #3344, 7 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
202363
2022–4
2021105
202054
20195–
201843
20176–
20167–
2015––
2014103

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #730, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #909, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024––
2023––
2022––
2021––
2020––
2019––
2018––
2017––
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence