Shlome — #3053 US boys' name
756 babies named Shlome in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 79% of names given to boys today.
35% of everyone ever named Shlome was born in this single decade.
42 babies were named Shlome in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shlome
The Social Security Administration has registered 756 babies named Shlome between 1959 and 2024, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shlome currently holds the #3053 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 42 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shlome performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 263 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shlome shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 437 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shlome in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shlome 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 756 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.
Shlome at a glance
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Current rank
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Shlome popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1959
- Peak year (2021)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 66 years of records
Currently ranks #3053 among boys.
756 total births across 66 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 42 births in a single year.
Shlome by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 263 births that decade — 35% of Shlome's all-time total
Shlome decade highlights
- Peak decade 263 births
- Runner-up 214 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Shlome's strongest decade
263 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Shlome by state
Where Shlome concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 437 | 57.8% |
437 of 756 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 57.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 57.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1959–2024 (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.