Salome

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Salome: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Salome: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #871 in 2019, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#871highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
1999	#1805
2000	#3912
2001	#2466
2002	#4137
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#2682
2006	#2509
2007	#1854
2008	#3860
2009	#2535
2010	#2589
2011	#2893
2012	#2521
2013	#5742
2014	#1798
2015	#2328
2016	#2233
2017	#2341
2018	#1436
2019	#2040
2020	#2449
2021	#1962
2022	#1767
2023	#1774
2024	#2000

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2019: #871 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2040 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2011–2019
Highest recorded position: #871 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2019 (recorded 2011–2019).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Salome appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 269 births with the name.

Salome across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Salome's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#1436 (2018)	#2000 (2024)	29 of 29	269 (1996–2024)	22 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#937 (2011)	#871 (2019)	#871 (2019)	3 of 9	9 (2011–2019)	3 (2011)

Salome by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Salome in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	22	4 of 10	6
2000s	62	10 of 10	6
2010s	115	10 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	70	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Salome appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #871 in Republic of Ireland in 2019.

Salome's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1436	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2328	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1798	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2521	10	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2466	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #871, first reached in 2019.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 15 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Salmaan · #1113, 28y
Salman · #275, 37y
Salsabeel · #3197, 11y
Salsabil · #2682, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kiyah · #871, 27y
Maram · #871, 25y
Mei · #871, 29y
Rafaela · #871, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Calista · #871, 27y
Kiyah · #871, 27y
Maram · #871, 25y
Mei · #871, 29y

Salome was ranked #871 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2019. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Salome and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Salome without appearing here.

Salome moved ahead of

Lynette Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1436 and #5666.
Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2341 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1436 and #5666.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #5581.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2233 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Salome

Mila Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1805 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1313.
Audrey Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1666.
Ada Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1805 and #2189 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #1831.
Ida Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1805 and #2770 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #2167.

Moved the opposite way to Salome

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Salome went from #3848 to #1774 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salome went from #3912 to #2000 while Hayden went from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salome went from #4137 to #2000 while Dianne went from #4137 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Salome

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salome went from #3824 to #2000 and Blake from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salome went from #3824 to #2000 and Ezra from #3824 to #1302.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salome went from #3725 to #2000 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.
Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Salome went from #5742 to #2000 and Fiadh from #5742 to #374.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #871 in Republic of Ireland in 2019. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Salome

Salome at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Salome across 2 official records

Salome by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Salome at a glance

Salome across 2 official records

Salome by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Salome moved ahead of

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