NameTides

Salome

Salome was the #1,040 girls' name in the US in 2025 (239 babies), and #1,892 in England & Wales and #1,065 in Canada.

Salome as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Salome as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Salome as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,040 (239)#1,892 (15)—#1,065 (25)
2024#951 (275)#2,001 (14)—#1,348 (18)
2023#1,107 (222)#1,774 (16)—#1,044 (24)
2022#1,232 (195)#1,767 (16)—#993 (26)
2021#1,450 (148)#1,962 (14)—#1,153 (22)
2020#1,412 (155)#2,449 (10)—#996 (26)
2019#1,679 (125)#2,040 (13)#871 (3)#854 (32)
2018#1,548 (140)#1,436 (22)#896 (3)#765 (37)
2017#1,665 (129)#2,341 (11)—#732 (39)
2016#1,735 (120)#2,233 (12)—#1,109 (23)
2015#1,695 (125)#2,328 (11)—#700 (41)
2014#1,940 (103)#1,798 (16)—#709 (40)
2013#2,236 (83)#5,742 (3)—#950 (28)
2012#2,401 (77)#2,521 (10)—#904 (29)
2011#2,454 (74)#2,893 (8)#937 (3)#1,361 (17)

Salome as a boy’s name

  • US
Salome as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020
Salome as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2021#8,166 (9)
2008#12,553 (5)
2005#10,151 (6)
2004#8,927 (7)
2003#5,877 (12)
2001#9,243 (6)
2000#10,349 (5)
1999#7,874 (7)
1998#7,560 (7)
1997#8,110 (6)
1996#5,982 (9)
1995#7,792 (6)
1994#4,803 (12)
1993#7,638 (6)
1992#7,422 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #951.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2021, 94% of US babies named Salome were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Salome is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 5,100 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,000 to 1 in 6,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Salome by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #797ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #815INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #1,108PANew Jersey: #718NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,361CAUtah: #605UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #936VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #462FL
Salome (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#38513

Salome (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SalomeCanadaGirls#1,06525
SalomeEngland & WalesGirls#1,89215
SalomeIrelandGirls—too few
SalomeNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
SalomeUSGirls#1,040239
SalomeUSBoys—too few