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
Showing
- 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
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | |
First appearance
1880
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
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #518 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1897–1908
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,892
- 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
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 25.0% of all girls named Salome (1,234) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1985
- 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 2015
girls
#1,695
125 births · 1 in 14,281 girls
Top girls' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 14,281 of them was named Salome, which outranked 91.1% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Salome
- #1,685Savanah126
- #1,685Skylee126
- #1,685Zuleyka126
- #1,695Salome125
- #1,695Anyla125
- #1,695Betsy125
- #1,695Camdyn125
- #1,704Alyanna124
- #1,704Alyse124
- #1,704Baila124
Tied with 8 names at #1,695; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.