Solomon — #416 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Solomon

The Social Security Administration has registered 37,284 babies named Solomon between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Solomon currently holds the #416 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 904 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Solomon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 7,591 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Solomon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5,735 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Solomon in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Solomon 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 37,284 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.