# Shlomo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shlomo/  
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 | “peace” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Shloime, Schlomo |
| US babies named this | 5,673 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,673 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 309, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šəlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālôm, “peace”). Doublet of Solomon.

## What it means

Shlomo is grouped under 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 130 | 1,315 |
| 2012 | 144 | 1,236 |
| 2013 | 156 | 1,159 |
| 2014 | 171 | 1,126 |
| 2015 | 174 | 1,110 |
| 2016 | 168 | 1,148 |
| 2017 | 177 | 1,102 |
| 2018 | 196 | 1,039 |
| 2019 | 200 | 1,039 |
| 2020 | 178 | 1,110 |
| 2021 | 203 | 1,057 |
| 2022 | 194 | 1,107 |
| 2023 | 218 | 1,013 |
| 2024 | 235 | 965 |
| 2025 | 211 | 1,049 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 11 | 1,909 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,692 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2,813 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Shlomo

- Shlomo Scharf, footballer, football manager
- Shlomo Sternberg, American mathematician (1936–2024)
- Shlomo Riskin, American-Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi and educator
- Rashi, French rabbi and commentator (1040–1105)
- Steven Hill, American actor (1922-2016)
- Eliezer Yudkowsky, American AI researcher and writer (born 1979)
- Shelomo Dov Goitein, German-Jewish ethnographer, historian and Arabist (1900–1985)
- Solomon Rubin, Austrian writer
- Salomon Buber, Galician Jewish scholar and editor (1827–1906)

## 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.