Salome
#1,040 for girls in 2025, 239 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #8,166
Given to girls 87.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1880 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,942since 1880
Salome over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,040 | 239 | — | |
| 2024 | #951 | 275 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,107 | 222 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,232 | 195 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,450 | 148 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #1,412 | 155 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,679 | 125 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,548 | 140 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,665 | 129 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,735 | 120 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,695 | 125 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,940 | 103 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,236 | 83 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,401 | 77 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,454 | 74 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,296 | 83 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,485 | 76 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,380 | 81 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #2,293 | 84 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,308 | 82 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,073 | 90 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #4,034 | 33 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #2,467 | 64 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,316 | 41 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #2,935 | 45 | #7,874 | 7 |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #4,508 | 23 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #3,632 | 30 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #3,536 | 31 | #4,803 | 12 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #3,306 | 29 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #4,527 | 16 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,793 | 12 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #2,356 | 11 |
| 1946 | #2,880 | 12 | #2,271 | 11 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,096 | 16 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #1,691 | 20 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #1,835 | 18 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | #2,465 | 10 |
| 1931 | #1,750 | 20 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,306 | 14 | #2,293 | 12 |
| 1929 | #2,098 | 16 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #2,433 | 14 | #2,912 | 9 |
| 1926 | #1,623 | 26 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #1,795 | 23 | #3,741 | 6 |
| 1924 | #2,062 | 19 | #2,043 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #1,464 | 31 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #1,765 | 24 | #2,152 | 15 |
| 1920 | #1,511 | 29 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #1,423 | 30 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,241 | 34 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #1,408 | 27 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,080 | 31 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,040 | 27 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | — | |
| 1910 | #997 | 19 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 | — | |
| 1908 | #755 | 26 | — | |
| 1907 | #923 | 17 | — | |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1905 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 | — | |
| 1903 | #695 | 23 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #857 | 15 | — | |
| 1900 | #941 | 16 | — | |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 | — | |
| 1898 | #886 | 15 | — | |
| 1897 | #867 | 14 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #746 | 18 | — | |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 | — | |
| 1893 | #739 | 16 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | — | |
| 1891 | #893 | 10 | — | |
| 1890 | #758 | 13 | — | |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #651 | 9 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #740 | 6 | — | |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Salome was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Salome
- 89 spots since 2024 (#951 → #1,040)
- 372 spots since 2020 (#1,412 → #1,040)
- 655 spots since 2015 (#1,695 → #1,040)
- Biggest jump: 432 spots in 1893 (#1,171 → #739)
- Biggest drop: 548 spots in 1911 (#997 → #1,545)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #518 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1897–1908
- Highest: 1 in 5,892 girls born in 2024 were named Salome (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,725 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #518 in 1880, was only 1 in 8,272 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 25.0% of all girls named Salome (1,234) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1984, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 78 | #518 (1880) | #721 |
| 1890s | 132 | #739 (1893) | #876 |
| 1900s | 188 | #695 (1903) | #853 |
| 1910s | 262 | #997 (1910) | #1,248 |
| 1920s | 237 | #1,425 (1928) | #1,785 |
| 1930s | 152 | #1,606 (1935) | #2,229 |
| 1940s | 97 | #2,096 (1941) | #3,313 |
| 1950s | 116 | #2,363 (1953) | #3,659 |
| 1960s | 126 | #2,543 (1963) | #4,080 |
| 1970s | 158 | #3,404 (1972) | #4,025 |
| 1980s | 187 | #3,306 (1988) | #4,404 |
| 1990s | 252 | #2,935 (1999) | #4,399 |
| 2000s | 664 | #2,073 (2005) | #2,680 |
| 2010s | 1,059 | #1,548 (2018) | #1,965 |
| 2020s | 1,234 | #951 (2024) | #1,199 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Salome in 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 23,345 of them was named Salome, which outranked 88.4% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,354Saoirse82
- #2,354Taegan82
- #2,354Vada82
- #2,380Salome81
- #2,380Alizabeth81
- #2,380Avarie81
- #2,380Chassidy81
- #2,397Akayla80
- #2,397Ashlynne80
- #2,397Catarina80
Tied with 16 names at #2,380; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 408,030 of them was named Salome, which outranked 14.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).