# Solomon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/solomon/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | “peace” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsɑləmən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Sol |
| Variant spellings | Shloime, Soloman |
| US babies named this | 38,080 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 38,069 / 11 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,683, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Solomon 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 6 | 9,082 |
| 1988 | 5 | 13,601 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 609 | 445 |
| 2012 | 637 | 436 |
| 2013 | 709 | 419 |
| 2014 | 832 | 379 |
| 2015 | 873 | 369 |
| 2016 | 907 | 368 |
| 2017 | 883 | 376 |
| 2018 | 825 | 387 |
| 2019 | 757 | 408 |
| 2020 | 750 | 402 |
| 2021 | 737 | 418 |
| 2022 | 710 | 438 |
| 2023 | 711 | 438 |
| 2024 | 771 | 416 |
| 2025 | 767 | 422 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 140 | 317 |
| 2012 | 141 | 319 |
| 2013 | 122 | 338 |
| 2014 | 142 | 320 |
| 2015 | 158 | 295 |
| 2016 | 126 | 369 |
| 2017 | 135 | 352 |
| 2018 | 130 | 351 |
| 2019 | 130 | 341 |
| 2020 | 109 | 390 |
| 2021 | 117 | 381 |
| 2022 | 104 | 407 |
| 2023 | 90 | 439 |
| 2024 | 94 | 427 |
| 2025 | 105 | 393 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: سُلَيْمَان
- Armenian: Սողոմոն
- Bulgarian: Соломон
- Catalan: Salomó
- Chinese: 所羅門 /所罗门
- Finnish: Salomo, Salomon
- Greek: Σολομών, Σουλεϊμάν
- Hebrew: שְׁלֹמֹה
- Hungarian: Salamon
- Polish: Salomon
- Portuguese: Salomão
- Romanian: Solomon
- Russian: Соломо́н, Сулейма́н
- Scottish Gaelic: Solamh
- Turkish: Süleyman
- Welsh: Selyf

## People named Solomon

- Solomon ibn Gabirol, 11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher
- Solomon Burke, American singer (1940–2010)
- Solomon Northup, free-born African American kidnapped by slave-traders
- Solomon Kvirkvelia, Georgian association football player
- Solomon R. Guggenheim, American businessman and museum founder (1861-1949)
- Solomon W. Golomb, American mathematician (1932–2016)
- Solomon Hill, American basketball player (born 1991)
- Solomon Perel, German-Jewish Holocaust survivor and author of Ich war Hitlerjunge Salomon, published in E
- Solomon Cutner, English pianist (1902–1988)
- Solomon Volkov, American musicologist
- Solomon H. Snyder, American neuroscientist (born 1938)
- Solomon Joseph Solomon, British portrait artist (1860-1927)

## 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.