The first name Shlomo

In 2025, 13 boys were named Shlomo, making it the 1,897th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2024, with 20 births (#1,322).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Shlomo with other names.

In 2025, 211 boys born in the United States were named Shlomo, the 1,049th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2024, when 235 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Shlomo Scharf
  Footballer, football manager, born 1943
• Shlomo Sternberg
  American mathematician (1936–2024)
• Shlomo Riskin
  American-Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi and educator, born 1940
• 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, 1823–1910
• Salomon Buber
  Galician Jewish scholar and editor (1827–1906)

• John
• James
• Joseph
• David
• Noah
• Michael
• Jacob
• Daniel
• Samuel
• Joshua
• Benjamin
• Ethan
• Isaac
• Adam
• Matthew
• Elijah

All 346 names of Hebrew origin

What does the name Shlomo mean?

Shlomo means “peace” in Hebrew.

What is the origin of the name Shlomo?

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

How popular is the name Shlomo?

In 2025, 13 boys born in England and Wales were named Shlomo, ranking 1,897th. Its peak was 2024, with 20 births.

Is Shlomo a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 5,673 US babies named Shlomo since 1880 were boys.

When was Shlomo most popular?

2024 in the United States, when 235 babies were named Shlomo, its highest rank at 965th.

What are other spellings of Shlomo?

Shloime and Schlomo.