# Absalom (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/absalom/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “father of peace”, “father”, “peace” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæb.sə.ləm/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 208 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 208 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם (avshalóm, literally “father of peace”), from אָב (av, “father”) + שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”).

## What it means

Absalom is grouped under father and peace.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 6 | 9,406 |
| 2004 | 5 | 11,379 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8,812 |
| 2012 | 6 | 10,795 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,157 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,733 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,584 |
| 2017 | 10 | 7,556 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8,828 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10,820 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,569 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,162 |
| 2022 | 6 | 10,887 |
| 2023 | 7 | 9,774 |
| 2024 | 10 | 7,774 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Աբիսողոմ
- Catalan: Absaló
- Danish: Absalom
- Dutch: Absalom
- German: Absalom
- Hebrew: אַבְשָׁלוֹם אֲבּישָׁלוֹם
- Italian: Assalonne, Absalone
- Portuguese: Absalão
- Russian: Авессало́м
- Scottish Gaelic: Abhsalan
- Spanish: Absalón
- Swedish: Absalom, Absalon

## People named Absalom

- A. Willis Robertson, American politician (1887-1971)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.