Salome
About Salome
A soft and interesting Hebrew name long popular in France, where it has ranked in the Top 400 since 1986 (as Salomé). Ex-ER star Alex Kingston named her daughter Salome Violetta.
Despite seeing small but steady use during the latter part of the 19th century, Salome has never really caught on in the US – no doubt due to the historical association with the Biblical dancer who asked for John the Baptist's head on a platter. In fact, the dancer is not mentioned by name in the Bible, but the name Salome was attached to this figure by the 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian Josephus. There is, however, another Salome who is specifically mentioned in the Bible: a female follower of Jesus, wife of Zebedee and mother of the disciples James and John.
Oscar Wilde wrote a play called Salome in 1893 and Richard Strauss based an opera on it twelve years later. In pop culture, the name was given to a seductive vampire character in the HBO series True Blood.
Salome has been quietly rising since the turn of the 21st century, and entered the US Top 1000 in 2024, as parents seek fresh biblical names and peaceful meanings.
Pronounced SAL-oh-may.
As of October 2026, Salome ranked #1042 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #541 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #660.
Editor's take: The name Salome is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "peace".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,954 | 103 | 57.7 |
| 2015 | #1,703 | 125 | 70 |
| 2016 | #1,741 | 120 | 67.7 |
| 2017 | #1,671 | 129 | 74.7 |
| 2018 | #1,562 | 139 | 81.7 |
| 2019 | #1,684 | 125 | 74.5 |
| 2020 | #1,416 | 155 | 95.9 |
| 2021 | #1,458 | 148 | 90.2 |
| 2022 | #1,237 | 195 | 118.9 |
| 2023 | #1,113 | 222 | 138.4 |
| 2024 | #952 | 273 | 168.5 |
| 2025 | #1,042 | 239 | 148.7 |
World rankings
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Salome on lists
Famous Salomes
- Salome
Biblical daughter of Herod who demanded the head of John the Baptist
- Salome
Biblical disciple of Jesus, possible mother of the apostles James and John
- Salome Alexandra
Queen of Judaea
- Salome I
sister of Herod the Great
- Salome Jens
American actress
- Salomé Corbo
French,Canadian actress
- Salomé Ureña
Dominican poet
- Salomé de Bahia
Brazilian singer
- Salome Zurabishvili
French,Georgian politician
- Lou Andreas
Salomé, German psychoanalyst and author
- Salome MC
Iranian rapper
- Salomé (born Maria Rosa Marco Poquet)
Spanish pop singer
- Salomé Leclerc
French,Canadian singer,songwriter
- Salome Pazhava
Georgian rhythmic gymnast
Salome in pop culture
- Salome (1893)
play by Oscar Wilde
- Salome (1905)
opera by Richard Strauss (based on the Oscar Wilde play)
- Salomé (1918)
silent film starring Theda Bara
- Salome
character on TV's "True Blood"
- Salome Otterbourne
an alcoholic erotica novelist in Agatha Christie's murder mystery Death on the Nile (1937)
- Salome "Sally" Marsh
character in movie "Inconceivable"
- Lady Salome D'Ysquith Pumphrey
character in musical, "A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder"
- Salomé Cuerpo Real
character in the novel "Bianca Nieves y los 7 toritos" by Carrie Toth
- "Sadie Salome (Go Home)
" a song by Irving Berlin
- "In the Name of Salomé" (2000)
novel by Julia Alvarez