NameTides

Solomon

Solomon was the #422 boys' name in the US in 2025 (767 babies), and #393 in England & Wales and #667 in Canada.

Solomon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Solomon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaScotlandIreland
Solomon as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#422 (767)#393 (105)#560 (5)—#676 (4)#667 (42)
2024#416 (771)#427 (94)#619 (4)#404 (3)#472 (7)#648 (42)
2023#437 (711)#439 (90)#533 (5)#395 (3)—#797 (31)
2022#438 (710)#407 (104)——#429 (8)#554 (49)
2021#417 (737)#381 (117)#533 (5)—#414 (8)#695 (39)
2020#402 (750)#390 (109)#350 (10)—#637 (4)#878 (27)
2019#408 (757)#341 (130)#516 (5)—#764 (3)#616 (43)
2018#387 (825)#351 (130)#472 (6)#416 (3)—#533 (52)
2017#376 (883)#352 (135)#532 (5)—#710 (3)#502 (56)
2016#367 (907)#369 (126)#401 (8)——#588 (46)
2015#369 (873)#295 (158)#426 (7)#342 (4)#554 (5)#554 (49)
2014#379 (832)#320 (142)#378 (9)#398 (3)#508 (6)#424 (70)
2013#419 (709)#338 (122)#590 (4)—#404 (9)#531 (51)
2012#435 (637)#319 (141)#568 (4)—#548 (5)#492 (57)
2011#445 (609)#317 (140)#459 (6)—#623 (4)#518 (51)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1911 at #221.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,200 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 2,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Solomon is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Solomon by state, 2025Alaska: #143AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #437WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #382WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #544ILMichigan: #487MINew York: #276NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #247ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #350INOhio: #317OHPennsylvania: #427PANew Jersey: #268NJConnecticut: #382CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #499CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #329CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: #450KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #525VAMaryland: #319MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #463AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #372TNNorth Carolina: #416NCSouth Carolina: #438SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: #376OKLouisiana: #672LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #315GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #469TXFlorida: #440FL
Solomon (boys) 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
Ontario2024#60719

Solomon (boys): 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
SolomonCanadaBoys#66742
SolomonEngland & WalesBoys#393105
SolomonIrelandBoys#6764
SolomonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SolomonScotlandBoys#5605
SolomonUSGirls—too few
SolomonUSBoys#422767