How rare is the name Salome?

5,918 people in the United States have the first name Salome, about 1 in 51,036. It ranks #3,499 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SALOME

#3,499

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,918
About
1 in 51,036
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,918 people named Salome, 53.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17.1% as White and 16.5% as Black. 82.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Salome peaked in 2024, when 275 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
275
In 2025*
239 ▼13%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 5,624 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Salome by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #1,354. The largest share of babies named Salome, 36.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#1,42178
1890s#1,386132
1900s#1,354188
1910s#2,126291
1920s#2,533326
1930s#3,009211
1940s#3,564183
1950s#4,020193
1960s#4,620182
1970s#4,677246
1980s#5,446254
1990s#5,634333
2000s#4,268705
2010s#3,4261,059
2020s#2,1891,243
Before 19014%
Greatest Generation 1901–2713%
Silent Generation 1928–456.8%
Baby boom 1946–646.6%
Generation X 1965–806%
Millennials 1981–968.1%
Generation Z 1997–1218.7%
2013 and later36.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Salome is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Salome has been most common in Florida (6.6×), Texas (3.3×), and New Jersey (2.1×), and least common in Illinois (0.4×).

2,383 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Salome

#3,497 Yuan · 5,921#3,498 Sherlyn · 5,919#3,500 Vivek · 5,917#3,501 Alfreda · 5,916

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Salome, most common first.

#17,966 Saloma · 605#48,840 Salone · 129

Also a last name

As a last name, Salome ranks #27,616 of 156,621, with 924 people. See Salome as a last name

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