Soloman
Soloman was given to 17 boys in 2025, #5,574 among boys’ names; 1,679 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,080 Americans named Soloman and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (64% of everyone recorded); the median is 28 years old and half are between 17 and 45.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Soloman by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Soloman mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Soloman is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Soloman?
#5,574 among boys’ names, 2025
Soloman rose from #5,948 in 2015 to #5,574 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 7.8 to 10.0 per million.
34 babies in 1999, the peak
Soloman peaked in 1999, when 34 boys were given it, #2,597 among boys’ names. The 17 births of 2025 are 50% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,574 | 10.0 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,677 | 12.8 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,842 | 7.6 |
| 2022 | 10 | #8,206 | 5.7 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,739 | 9.1 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,674 | 12.2 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,359 | 7.8 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,995 | 8.3 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,439 | 12.4 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,756 | 8.4 |
Every recorded year (123)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15 | #5,948 | 7.8 |
| 2014 | 22 | #4,508 | 11.5 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,357 | 9.0 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,473 | 5.8 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,904 | 7.9 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,344 | 12.0 |
| 2009 | 27 | #3,899 | 13.6 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,903 | 13.2 |
| 2007 | 25 | #4,101 | 12.0 |
| 2006 | 27 | #3,764 | 13.1 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,693 | 13.0 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,241 | 10.6 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,587 | 9.1 |
| 2002 | 20 | #4,160 | 10.3 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,619 | 6.7 |
| 2000 | 23 | #3,619 | 11.7 |
| 1999 | 34 | #2,597 | 17.7 |
| 1998 | 25 | #3,172 | 13.1 |
| 1997 | 12 | #5,229 | 6.4 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,358 | 7.9 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,170 | 11.6 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,256 | 7.8 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,927 | 12.2 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,724 | 8.5 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,452 | 4.9 |
| 1990 | 22 | #2,939 | 10.7 |
| 1989 | 18 | #3,306 | 9.0 |
| 1988 | 19 | #2,933 | 9.9 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,818 | 10.2 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,784 | 4.9 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,807 | 9.7 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,426 | 7.2 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,776 | 9.5 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,917 | 6.1 |
| 1981 | 17 | #2,764 | 9.5 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,712 | 10.1 |
| 1979 | 15 | #3,003 | 8.7 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,909 | 9.1 |
| 1977 | 7 | #5,046 | 4.3 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,859 | 4.5 |
| 1975 | 14 | #2,882 | 9.0 |
| 1974 | 6 | #5,151 | 3.8 |
| 1973 | 8 | #4,008 | 5.1 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,571 | 5.6 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,919 | 4.5 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,494 | 8.1 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,935 | 2.8 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,709 | 6.3 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,334 | 7.5 |
| 1965 | 16 | #2,066 | 8.6 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,193 | 7.5 |
| 1963 | 13 | #2,398 | 6.4 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,178 | 7.3 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,995 | 2.8 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,572 | 3.3 |
| 1958 | 8 | #3,242 | 3.8 |
| 1957 | 6 | #3,936 | 2.8 |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,882 | 2.8 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,833 | 2.9 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,880 | 4.6 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,848 | 4.6 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,637 | 5.3 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,990 | 4.5 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,286 | 4.0 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,482 | 3.7 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,074 | 5.1 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,541 | 7.0 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,519 | 4.3 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,847 | 6.5 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,443 | 5.4 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,840 | 7.2 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,142 | 6.6 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,163 | 11.6 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,223 | 6.7 |
| 1934 | 13 | #2,113 | 12.6 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,197 | 12.1 |
| 1932 | 9 | #2,817 | 8.6 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,446 | 10.6 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,256 | 7.3 |
| 1929 | 17 | #1,917 | 15.8 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,321 | 7.2 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,392 | 11.5 |
| 1926 | 18 | #1,902 | 16.2 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,926 | 16.1 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,886 | 16.8 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,754 | 10.0 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,390 | 26.7 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,487 | 11.8 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,812 | 18.8 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,960 | 17.3 |
| 1918 | 25 | #1,489 | 24.7 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,636 | 22.7 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,030 | 16.9 |
| 1915 | 19 | #1,652 | 22.4 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,481 | 27.5 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,570 | 25.4 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,726 | 23.3 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,110 | 48.7 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,294 | 41.2 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,258 | 42.7 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,199 | 45.4 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,518 | 34.1 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,044 | 56.4 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,185 | 47.1 |
| 1898 | 7 | #984 | 57.1 |
| 1896 | 10 | #773 | 83.6 |
| 1888 | 7 | #905 | 57.9 |
| 1887 | 8 | #740 | 78.9 |
| 1885 | 7 | #826 | 64.9 |
| 1883 | 10 | #638 | 95.6 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,074 | 44.0 |
| 1881 | 10 | #587 | 99.3 |
| 1880 | 6 | #896 | 54.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Soloman a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Soloman has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 123 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Soloman: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Soloman, and how old are they?
1,080 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 64% of the 1,679 Americans ever recorded as Soloman. The median Soloman alive today is 28 years old; half are between 17 and 45.
The 2020 Census counted 1,003 people named Soloman (10 women and girls, 993 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,029 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 23 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 90 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 148 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 253 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 341 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 219 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 39,948 babies since 1880, Soloman is the second most given (4.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 17 of their 793 babies (2.1%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Soloman
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Soloman and names like it
- Compare Soloman and SolomonBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sSoloman peaked in 1999.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Soloman since 1910.
- The top names of 1999The year the most babies were named Soloman.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Soloman alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with SMost given first.