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Solomon

Pronunciation
[So-lo-mon]
Gender
Male
Meaning
Peaceful
Origin
Hebrew
The name Solomon is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Solomon is "peace". The wise King Solomon is an important Biblical character. He was known for his wisdom and his wealth.

About the Name Solomon

Solomon descends from the Hebrew Shlomo meaning "peaceful" or "peace" — from the Hebrew root sh-l-m (peace). The biblical Solomon (c. 990–931 BCE) was the third king of Israel and son of King David and Bathsheba, traditionally credited with building the First Temple in Jerusalem and writing the Old Testament books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon. King Solomon was famously asked by God what gift he wanted, and chose wisdom — making him the iconic biblical figure of wisdom.

Notable bearers include the iconic American legal scholar Solomon Northup (1808–c. 1864, the African-American author of Twelve Years a Slave, the 1853 memoir that became the basis for the 2013 Oscar-winning film); American banker Solomon Loeb (the founder of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.); contemporary American singer Solomon Burke (1940–2010, the African-American R&B singer); and the contemporary American basketball player Solomon Hill.

Solomon's American climb is part of the broader 21st-century return to Old Testament boys' names alongside Ezra, Asher, Isaiah, and Gideon. The name climbed from outside the US top 500 in 2000 to the US top 300 boys' rank by 2014 and the top 300 since. The name has been driven primarily by Christian-American, Jewish-American, and African-American naming. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the layered Hebrew-Old Testament-royal-wisdom pedigree, the in-built distinctive king-of-wisdom religious anchor, and the popular three-syllable structure with the distinctive S-L-M consonant rhythm. Three flowing syllables, soft consonants, and tonal warmth distinctive to Hebrew-derived naming. The name reads as both classical-biblical and contemporary American. Common nicknames Sol (the dominant warm short form, casual and warm), Solly, Mon, and the rare Sollie each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Solomon, Solomen, and Saul (a separate but related name) have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Salomón (Spanish, with accent), Salomão (Portuguese), Solomon (essentially identical across English/Italian), Salomon (German/French), and the original Hebrew Shlomo.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.

Quick Facts About Solomon

1,531
Hebrew baby names in our dictionary
695
Hebrew male names
254
7-letter S-names in our dictionary
691
S-male names total
2000–2025
years of US SSA records (26 total)
17,658
total US births named Solomon (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2025)

↘️ Falling: Solomon dropped 20 places in the US boys ranking over the last 5 years (#402 in 2020 → #422 in 2025).

Annual US births named Solomon by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2016 with 904 boys named Solomon (boy rank #368 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #422 for boys (767 US births). That's 54 places below its 2016 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Solomon Most Popular?

Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Solomon the strongest states are Alaska, District of Columbia, New Hampshire.

Strongest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Alaska #182 30
2 District of Columbia #186 44
3 New Hampshire #253 15
4 New York #266 675
5 Oregon #292 142
6 West Virginia #336 48
7 Tennessee #359 210
8 Indiana #359 199
9 Nebraska #367 22
10 Ohio #379 274

Weakest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Louisiana #633 81
2 Massachusetts #578 71
3 Texas #537 529
4 Arizona #529 125
5 Illinois #508 193
6 Connecticut #498 18
7 Utah #496 91
8 Minnesota #489 114
9 Florida #474 332
10 California #462 670

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Solomon in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

NameMeaningGenderOrigin
Salman Safe Male Arabic

Famous People Named Solomon

1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Solomon.

  • Solomon was the third king of the United Monarchy and the son of David, the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel, and an ancestor of Jesus.

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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Solomon against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).

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