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Boy's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

ShalomIn Hebrew: שלום · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: שָׁלוֹםRomanization: shalóm

Shalom (Hebrew: שלום) is a boy's name of Hebrew origin. 16,717 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 262 boys and ranked #75. Its peak year was 1950, with 317 babies.

People in Israel
16,717
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
262
rank #75
Peak year
1950
317 babies
USA, 2025
95
rank #1,708

Writing and saying Shalom

In Hebrew letters the name is שלום, read right to left. Shalom is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "shalóm" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • A title of God.
  • a male given name, Shalom
Etymologically related to שָׁלָה (šālâ, “to be quiet, tranquil”). Compare also שָׁלַו (šālaw, “to be quiet, at ease”). Common Northwest Semitic, Phoenician 𐤔𐤋𐤌 (šlm /⁠šalōm⁠/), Aramaic שְׁלָמָא (šlāmā) / ܫܠܡܐ (šlāmā), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎍𐎎 (šlm /⁠šalāmu⁠/). Cognate with Arabic سلام (salām).

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Shalom by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Shalom: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Shalom in English-speaking countries

Shalom in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States202595#1,7082021 (107)
United Kingdom202512#2,0882014 (16)
England and Wales202512#2,0122014 (16)
Alberta20251#2,3932010 (2)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Shalom has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Shalom

How do you write Shalom in Hebrew?

Shalom is written שלום in Hebrew (with vowel points: שָׁלוֹם). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "shalóm".

How many people in Israel are named Shalom?

16,717 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name שלום: 8 women and 16,709 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Shalom a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named שלום are men.

What does the name Shalom mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "A title of God." Etymology: Etymologically related to שָׁלָה (šālâ, “to be quiet, tranquil”). Compare also שָׁלַו (šālaw, “to be quiet, at ease”). Common Northwest Semitic, Phoenician 𐤔𐤋𐤌 (šlm /⁠šalōm⁠/), Aramaic שְׁלָמָא (šlāmā) / ܫܠܡܐ (šlāmā), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎍𐎎 (šlm /⁠šalāmu⁠/). Cognate with Arabic سلام (salām).

Is Shalom used outside Israel?

The name Shalom appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 95 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,708), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 12 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.