Solomon

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Solomon is ranked 417th among boys in 2024 (765 births). Its best rank was 198th, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: #417up 21 from 2023
Births in 2024: 7650.04% of boys
Peak year: 2016904 births
Best rank: #198in 1880
Since 1880: 37,284people given the name

Babies named Solomon, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

37,284 boys have been named Solomon in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 904 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 2010s alone account for 20%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Solomon
1880s	486
1890s	415
1900s	569
1910s	2,680
1920s	2,766
1930s	1,487
1940s	1,499
1950s	1,583
1960s	1,281
1970s	1,839
1980s	2,405
1990s	3,383
2000s	5,630
2010s	7,591
2020s	3,670

In 2016, its biggest year

Solomon was the 368th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Solomon

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.