NameTides

Sholom

Sholom was the #2,718 boys' name in the US in 2025 (47 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales.

Sholom as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Sholom as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Sholom as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. 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
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,718 (47)#3,684 (5)—
2024#2,674 (49)#3,255 (6)—
2023#2,769 (46)——
2022#2,873 (44)#3,049 (6)#2,810 (5)
2021#3,074 (39)#4,789 (3)—
2020#2,467 (52)——
2019#3,143 (37)#3,937 (4)—
2018#3,171 (36)#3,412 (5)—
2017#2,597 (48)——
2016#2,838 (42)#4,810 (3)#2,428 (6)
2015#2,809 (42)——
2014#2,582 (47)#4,632 (3)—
2013#2,848 (40)#2,660 (7)—
2012#3,059 (37)#3,416 (5)—
2011#3,164 (35)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #2,467.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.

How common is it?

about 1 in 36,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 36,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Sholom is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 32,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 30,000 to 1 in 35,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Sholom by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #639NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #707NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Sholom (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SholomCanadaBoys—too few
SholomEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
SholomUSBoys#2,71847