Shalom

Meaning: Peace
Origin: Hebrew — From the word shalom, also a greeting

Boy's name · #1725 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

69% boys · 31% girls — Shalom is also given to girls: 51 in 2025, about 31% in recent years. Shalom →

Popularity over time

Shalom is near its high-water mark: it reached #1603 in 2021 and still ranked #1725 in 2025. About 2,500 boys have carried it since 1947.

Across the states

In recent years, Shalom ran about 9× its national rate in New Jersey.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 6 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Shalom ranks in other countries and regions.

#2,014 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,269 in Canada (2025) · #2,598 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,981 in France (2025) · #22,587 in Italy (2024) · #1,459 in Sweden (2024) · #7,728 in Ecuador (2023) · #3,335 in Austria (2020) · #730 in Ireland (2011).

Famous Shaloms

Shalom Nagar — Israeli prison guard and executioner (1936 or 1938–2024)
Shalom Auslander — American writer (born 1970)
Shalom Arush — Israeli Breslov rabbi/founder of the Chut Shel Chessed Institutions (born 1952)
Shalom H. Schwartz — Israeli psychologist (born 1936)
Shalom Hanoch — Israeli singer (born 1946)

What Shaloms become

Among 118 notable people named Shalom:

Business leaders appear 2.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shalom Meckenzie, Israeli businessman (born 1976).

Similar names: Shulem · Yehoshua · Salomon · Malikai · Avrohom · Shimon

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