SA-lo-may, SA-lo-mee, sa-LO-mee
Salome
About Salome
The name Salome peaked for girls at #541 in 1880. The name is most popular in Florida, New Jersey, and Florida. Salome is occasionally used for boys in 2021.
Pronounced SA-lo-may, SA-lo-mee, sa-LO-mee.
As of September 2026, Salome ranked #1042 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #541 in 1880, Nameberry popularity #660.
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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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
Variations & nicknames
- SalomaPolish
- SalamaArabic
- SalomeaPolish