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Baby name
Salome
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88% girls / 12% boys
Origin of the name
Salome comes from Hebrew and is linked to shalom, “peace,” like Solomon. In the Gospels, Salome obtains from Herod the head of John the Baptist.
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Rising name
4,942births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 951rank at its peak, in 2024
Where babies named Salome are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Salome is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Salome is most common in Florida (5.7 times), New York (2) and Texas (1.8), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
Names from the same era
Classic name
682births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 2043rank at its peak, in 1924
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 100% | 0% |
| 1890s | 100% | 0% |
| 1900s | 100% | 0% |
| 1910s | 90% | 10% |
| 1920s | 73% | 27% |
| 1930s | 72% | 28% |
| 1940s | 53% | 47% |
| 1950s | 60% | 40% |
| 1960s | 69% | 31% |
| 1970s | 64% | 36% |
| 1980s | 74% | 26% |
| 1990s | 76% | 24% |
| 2000s | 94% | 6% |
| 2010s | 100% | 0% |
| 2020s | 99% | 1% |