Meaning not yet researched.
Solomon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 767 in 2025. Its best rank was #198 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #198 in 1880; #422 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Solomon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#422 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #198.
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Solomon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 767 boys in 2025. Peak: #198 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 907 (2016).
In 2025, 767 US boys were named Solomon, making it the 422nd most common boys’ name of the year, down 6 places from #416 in 2024. That is 4 fewer than the 771 boys named Solomon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #198, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 907, in 2016. For comparison, it was #369 in 2015 and #577 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Solomon in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 62 babies with the name. In all, 38,080 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 7,598 babies named Solomon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 7,818 US boys were named Solomon; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 907. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,227 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Solomon ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #163 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Shlomo (5,673 babies since 1880) and Salomon (3,864 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Soloman, Suleman and Soliman are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Sal, Salmon, Saul, Sol, Solly and Zolly.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Soloman (1,679), Suleman (257), Soliman (75), Solomone (33), Salamon (17).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 15 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 6 | #163 | #249 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #167 | #210 |
| Oregon | 17 | #258 | #250 |
| New Jersey | 34 | #271 | #580 |
| New York | 67 | #279 | #257 |
| Ohio | 37 | #318 | #329 |
| Georgia | 39 | #319 | #342 |
| Arkansas | 11 | #328 | #478 |
| Maryland | 17 | #328 | #338 |
| Colorado | 19 | #345 | #394 |
| Kansas | 11 | #348 | #293 |
| Indiana | 21 | #367 | #334 |
| West Virginia | 5 | #369 | #289 |
| Tennessee | 22 | #384 | #342 |
| Oklahoma | 12 | #391 | #274 |
| Washington | 19 | #399 | #295 |
| North Carolina | 26 | #429 | #327 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #435 | #443 |
| Pennsylvania | 24 | #440 | #334 |
| Florida | 43 | #442 | #481 |
| Iowa | 8 | #444 | #355 |
| Alabama | 12 | #446 | #341 |
| South Carolina | 11 | #465 | #307 |
| Texas | 71 | #474 | #477 |
| Wisconsin | 11 | #476 | #326 |
| Kentucky | 10 | #479 | #593 |
| Arizona | 15 | #486 | #385 |
| California | 63 | #499 | #450 |
| Minnesota | 11 | #507 | #336 |
| Michigan | 17 | #514 | #479 |
| Missouri | 11 | #551 | #403 |
| Virginia | 14 | #558 | #325 |
| Illinois | 17 | #564 | #597 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #757 | #382 |
| Utah | 5 | #795 | #440 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #885 | #344 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 767 | #422 |
| 2024 | — | — | 771 | #416 |
| 2023 | — | — | 711 | #438 |
| 2022 | — | — | 710 | #438 |
| 2021 | — | — | 737 | #418 |
| 2020 | — | — | 750 | #402 |
| 2019 | — | — | 757 | #408 |
| 2018 | — | — | 825 | #387 |
| 2017 | — | — | 883 | #376 |
| 2016 | — | — | 907 | #368 |
| 2015 | — | — | 873 | #369 |
| 2014 | — | — | 832 | #379 |
| 2013 | — | — | 709 | #419 |
| 2012 | — | — | 637 | #436 |
| 2011 | — | — | 609 | #445 |
| 2010 | — | — | 566 | #464 |
| 2009 | — | — | 600 | #456 |
| 2008 | — | — | 691 | #423 |
| 2007 | — | — | 615 | #453 |
| 2006 | — | — | 563 | #473 |
| 2005 | — | — | 535 | #468 |
| 2004 | — | — | 530 | #475 |
| 2003 | — | — | 496 | #495 |
| 2002 | — | — | 527 | #460 |
| 2001 | — | — | 558 | #435 |
| 2000 | — | — | 516 | #462 |
| 1999 | — | — | 521 | #442 |
| 1998 | — | — | 431 | #499 |
| 1997 | — | — | 415 | #501 |
| 1996 | — | — | 363 | #533 |
| 1995 | — | — | 324 | #567 |
| 1994 | — | — | 302 | #596 |
| 1993 | — | — | 292 | #608 |
| 1992 | — | — | 257 | #644 |
| 1991 | — | — | 260 | #633 |
| 1990 | — | — | 218 | #687 |
| 1989 | — | — | 265 | #603 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,601 | 255 | #577 |
| 1987 | — | — | 227 | #604 |
| 1986 | — | — | 223 | #596 |
| 1985 | — | — | 243 | #568 |
| 1984 | — | — | 263 | #531 |
| 1983 | — | — | 221 | #568 |
| 1982 | — | — | 295 | #496 |
| 1981 | — | — | 200 | #606 |
| 1980 | — | — | 214 | #594 |
| 1979 | — | — | 240 | #555 |
| 1978 | — | — | 217 | #571 |
| 1977 | — | — | 222 | #562 |
| 1976 | 6 | #9,082 | 193 | #588 |
| 1975 | — | — | 173 | #618 |
| 1974 | — | — | 172 | #614 |
| 1973 | — | — | 158 | #632 |
| 1972 | — | — | 145 | #668 |
| 1971 | — | — | 177 | #622 |
| 1970 | — | — | 142 | #700 |
| 1969 | — | — | 142 | #664 |
| 1968 | — | — | 125 | #674 |
| 1967 | — | — | 114 | #697 |
| 1966 | — | — | 116 | #691 |
| 1965 | — | — | 140 | #637 |
| 1964 | — | — | 132 | #672 |
| 1963 | — | — | 121 | #711 |
| 1962 | — | — | 118 | #708 |
| 1961 | — | — | 145 | #653 |
| 1960 | — | — | 128 | #696 |
| 1959 | — | — | 173 | #595 |
| 1958 | — | — | 133 | #664 |
| 1957 | — | — | 163 | #601 |
| 1956 | — | — | 163 | #597 |
| 1955 | — | — | 170 | #571 |
| 1954 | — | — | 166 | #575 |
| 1953 | — | — | 144 | #606 |
| 1952 | — | — | 154 | #567 |
| 1951 | — | — | 178 | #510 |
| 1950 | — | — | 139 | #577 |
| 1949 | — | — | 194 | #476 |
| 1948 | — | — | 185 | #490 |
| 1947 | — | — | 170 | #521 |
| 1946 | — | — | 136 | #547 |
| 1945 | — | — | 118 | #553 |
| 1944 | — | — | 126 | #544 |
| 1943 | — | — | 154 | #501 |
| 1942 | — | — | 148 | #504 |
| 1941 | — | — | 118 | #552 |
| 1940 | — | — | 150 | #475 |
| 1939 | — | — | 116 | #535 |
| 1938 | — | — | 143 | #486 |
| 1937 | — | — | 138 | #486 |
| 1936 | — | — | 153 | #456 |
| 1935 | — | — | 131 | #499 |
| 1934 | — | — | 149 | #461 |
| 1933 | — | — | 145 | #464 |
| 1932 | — | — | 165 | #439 |
| 1931 | — | — | 154 | #457 |
| 1930 | — | — | 193 | #425 |
| 1929 | — | — | 204 | #413 |
| 1928 | — | — | 218 | #407 |
| 1927 | — | — | 209 | #417 |
| 1926 | — | — | 214 | #413 |
| 1925 | — | — | 290 | #342 |
| 1924 | — | — | 271 | #364 |
| 1923 | — | — | 314 | #329 |
| 1922 | — | — | 334 | #312 |
| 1921 | — | — | 356 | #303 |
| 1920 | — | — | 356 | #303 |
| 1919 | — | — | 353 | #288 |
| 1918 | — | — | 367 | #278 |
| 1917 | — | — | 376 | #263 |
| 1916 | — | — | 317 | #290 |
| 1915 | — | — | 312 | #280 |
| 1914 | — | — | 297 | #248 |
| 1913 | — | — | 215 | #260 |
| 1912 | — | — | 233 | #226 |
| 1911 | — | — | 129 | #221 |
| 1910 | — | — | 81 | #275 |
| 1909 | — | — | 79 | #252 |
| 1908 | — | — | 61 | #276 |
| 1907 | — | — | 65 | #262 |
| 1906 | — | — | 48 | #297 |
| 1905 | — | — | 47 | #294 |
| 1904 | — | — | 50 | #272 |
| 1903 | — | — | 44 | #288 |
| 1902 | — | — | 66 | #222 |
| 1901 | — | — | 37 | #290 |
| 1900 | — | — | 72 | #242 |
| 1899 | — | — | 37 | #287 |
| 1898 | — | — | 40 | #296 |
| 1897 | — | — | 44 | #270 |
| 1896 | — | — | 44 | #278 |
| 1895 | — | — | 51 | #253 |
| 1894 | — | — | 32 | #317 |
| 1893 | — | — | 44 | #265 |
| 1892 | — | — | 43 | #277 |
| 1891 | — | — | 37 | #267 |
| 1890 | — | — | 43 | #267 |
| 1889 | — | — | 40 | #265 |
| 1888 | — | — | 43 | #277 |
| 1887 | — | — | 33 | #293 |
| 1886 | — | — | 45 | #255 |
| 1885 | — | — | 58 | #211 |
| 1884 | — | — | 60 | #215 |
| 1883 | — | — | 45 | #239 |
| 1882 | — | — | 51 | #234 |
| 1881 | — | — | 49 | #219 |
| 1880 | — | — | 62 | #198 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).