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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 →
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.
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.
See how Shalom ranks in other countries and regions.
#2,109 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,598 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,981 in France (2025) · #2,294 in Canada (2024).
Among 118 notable people named Shalom:
Business leaders appear 2.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Shalom Meckenzie, Israeli businessman (1976).
Similar names: Shulem · Yehoshua · Salem · Malikai · Avrohom · Zamir
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