Absalom

Where Absalom comes from

From Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם (avshalóm, literally “father of peace”), from אָב (av, “father”) + שָׁלוֹם (shalom, “peace”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Absalom
  • Hebrew
  • 3 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1971
    First appearance
    #4,375 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Peak, #4,190
    7 babies named Absalom — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1975
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.