Soloman
Soloman is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 587th, in 1881.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 220.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 199934 births
- Best rank
- #587in 1881
- Since 1880
- 1,662people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,662 boys have been named Soloman in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1999, with 34 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 2000s alone account for 14%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Soloman | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 53 | |
| 1890s | 22 | |
| 1900s | 25 | |
| 1910s | 157 | |
| 1920s | 166 | |
| 1930s | 93 | |
| 1940s | 52 | |
| 1950s | 61 | |
| 1960s | 94 | |
| 1970s | 104 | |
| 1980s | 159 | |
| 1990s | 196 | |
| 2000s | 227 | |
| 2010s | 171 | |
| 2020s | 82 |
In 1999, its biggest year
Soloman was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1999 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Nicholas. See all of 1999.
Names that rose and fell with Soloman
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Hamiltonpeak 2016
- Larkinpeak 2019
- Horatiopeak 2007
- Wheelerpeak 2024
- Solonpeak 1916
- Manningpeak 1916
- Egbertpeak 1921
- Gilespeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.