Is Shalom a boy or girl name?

Shalom is a unisex name. Of the 3,689 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 33.3% were girls and 66.7% were boys.

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Shalom

Recorded 1947–2025 · United States

Shalom was most popular in 2023, when 146 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,764 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,747, with 146 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,689 people named Shalom.

Shalom over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shalom’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shalom a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shalom is a unisex name — 33.3% of the 3,689 Americans given it were girls and 66.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 32% girls and 68% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Shalom

Where Shalom is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org