first name
SOLOMON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 25,997 people named Solomon, 41.4% reported their origin as Black, 34.6% as White and 9.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Solomon peaked in 2016, when 907 babies got the name.
At least 38,080 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.
Solomon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #512. The largest share of babies named Solomon, 26.9%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Solomon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Solomon has been most common in Hawaii (5.5×), South Carolina (2.5×), and New York (2.3×), and least common in Nebraska (0.18×).
31,829 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 Solomon
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Solomon, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Solomon ranks #725 of 156,621, with 46,541 people. See Solomon as a last name
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