Salome

girls’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Salome is ranked 952nd among girls in 2024 (273 births). Its best rank was 541st, in 1880.

Rank in 2024: #952outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 2730.02% of girls
Peak year: 2024273 births
Best rank: #541in 1880
Since 1880: 5,382people given the name

Babies named Salome, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

4,700 girls have been named Salome in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 273 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2006, and the 2010s alone account for 23%. It has spent 25 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 682 boys have also been given it, 13% of the total.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Salome
1880s	78
1890s	132
1900s	188
1910s	262
1920s	237
1930s	152
1940s	97
1950s	116
1960s	126
1970s	158
1980s	187
1990s	252
2000s	664
2010s	1,058
2020s	993

In 2024, its biggest year

Salome was the 952nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Salome

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.