Solomon Boy
How popular is Solomon?
#422 boy name in 2025
767 baby boys were named Solomon in the US in 2025, making it the 422nd most popular boy name.
Solomon popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #422 for boys (▼ 6 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 767 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-12% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #369 in 2015, #402 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2016 (907 boys) |
| Highest rank | #196 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.6% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Solomon counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Solomon family of names ranked #404 for boys in 2025 (#403 the year before), with 784 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Solomon | 767 | 98% |
| Soloman | 17 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Solomon is most popular
Babies named Solomon per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Alaska: 2.3 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- District of Columbia: 1.4 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Oregon: 0.9 per 1,000 (69 boys)
- New York: 0.8 per 1,000 (360 boys)
- Kansas: 0.7 per 1,000 (50 boys)
Solomon by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 486 | #196 |
| 1890s | 415 | #251 |
| 1900s | 569 | #221 |
| 1910s | 2,680 | #221 |
| 1920s | 2,766 | #302 |
| 1930s | 1,487 | #425 |
| 1940s | 1,499 | #471 |
| 1950s | 1,583 | #509 |
| 1960s | 1,281 | #635 |
| 1970s | 1,839 | #554 |
| 1980s | 2,406 | #496 |
| 1990s | 3,383 | #442 |
| 2000s | 5,631 | #422 |
| 2010s | 7,598 | #367 |
| 2020s | 4,446 | #402 |
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Questions
- Is Solomon a boy or girl name?
- Solomon is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Solomon were boys.
- How popular is the name Solomon?
- 767 baby boys were named Solomon in the US in 2025, making it the 422nd most popular boy name.
- When was Solomon most popular?
- Solomon peaked in 2016, when 907 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #196 in 1880.
- How many people are named Solomon?
- 38,080 babies have been named Solomon in the US since 1880. We estimate about 27,936 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Solomon most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Solomon was most common in Alaska, at 2.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.