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By Clare Green · Sep 2026

Solomon

OriginHebrew
Meaning"peace"
GenderBoy
Also a girl's nameShow me Solomon as a girl's name
US Rank#422

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About Solomon

Variation of Shlomo

3 syllables.

As of September 2026, Solomon ranked #422 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #198 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #406.

Popularity & trends

US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
#400'14'16'18'20'22'24
20142025
18802025
Data table
YearUS rankBirthsPer million
2014#379832433.1
2015#369873455.5
2016#368904476.4
2017#376883477.1
2018#387824453.7
2019#409755420.8
2020#402750434.5
2021#417737421.3
2022#439709406.1
2023#438709414.5
2024#417765444
2025#422767449
Popularity history from more than a century of Social Security Administration birth records. Years without a line are years the name fell below the published records.

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World rankings

#316🔮 Future#394🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England#406🫐 Nameberry#422🇺🇸 US

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  • Solomon Busendich (born 1984)

    Kenyan long,distance runner

  • Solomon Brannan

    American football player

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    American football player

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    British pianist

  • Solomon Bashir

    Shakur (b. 1989), son of singer Me'Shell Ndegeocello

  • Solomon Sharp

    son of actors Brad and Keesha Sharp

Solomon in pop culture

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    Edward G. Robinson's character in "Soylent Green" (1973)

  • Solomon Grundy (Cyrus Gold)

    DC comics villain and antihero

  • Solomon

    a musical work by Handel

  • Solomon

    King of Urushalim, a character in "The Shadow Prince," the first novel of Philip Armstrong's epic historical fantasy, "The Chronicles of Tupiluliuma"

  • Solomon

    a powerful magician in the Japanese manga series Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

  • Solomon Ring

    an item in Final Fantasy VIII that summons a GF

  • Solomon Islands

    a nation state in the Pacific

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    character in Taboo (TV Series)

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    character on Netflix’s Grace and Frankie

  • Solomon Reed

    Character in "Cyberpunk 2077, Phantom Liberty"

Variations & nicknames

  • SolomonSpanish
  • SuleimanArabic
  • SolamhGaelic
  • ShelomohYiddish
  • SalomonNorwegian
  • ZalmanYiddish
  • SalaunFrench
  • SalamunCzech
  • SalamonasLithuanian
  • SalamanHungarian
  • LasimonneFrench
  • SalamoneItalian
  • SalomoGerman
  • SalamonHungarian
  • ShlomoYiddish
  • SalamenPolish

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