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Solomon
Pronounced /ˈsɑləmən/
Rank in 2024
#416
Born in 2024
765
Peak year
2016 · #368
Origin
Ancient Greek
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 765 boys were named Solomon, about 1 in every 2,242.
- It peaked in 2016 with 904 babies, ranked #368.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 37,284 boys have been named Solomon since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Solomon per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.3Gen Z1997–12
- 0.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 5,521 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Silent: 2,723 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,912 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,690 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Millennials: 4,207 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Gen Z: 8,809 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 9,449 babies, 0.43 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman.
- (countable) A male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Salome.
- Origin
- Ancient Greek
- Say it
- /ˈsɑləmən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Solomon, CC BY-SA 4.0.