Shalome — girls' name
18 babies named Shalome in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
18 girls have been named Shalome since 1973, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 2009.
- 18
- total births
- 1973–2009
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Shalome was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Shalome in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shalome
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Shalome between 1973 and 2009, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shalome currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shalome performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shalome shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shalome in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 18 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shalome at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shalome popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1973
- Peak year (1973)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
18 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 6 births in a single year.
Shalome by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 12 births that decade — 67% of Shalome's all-time total
Shalome decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shalome's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.