Shalom

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Shalom: Recorded since 1996, it reached #655 in 2003, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
57times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#655highest recorded position
10groupings 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	#3126
1997	#2738
1998	#3142
2000	#2167
2002	#2868
2003	#1628
2004	#1952
2005	#1589
2006	#1748
2007	#1573
2008	#1447
2009	#1248
2010	#1472
2011	#1608
2012	#1720
2013	#1707
2014	#1501
2015	#1783
2016	#1635
2017	#2201
2018	#3518
2019	#2040
2020	#2615
2021	#1866
2022	#2888
2023	#1774
2024	#1894

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 27 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2010: #910 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1472 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 #3126 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 recorded2003–2010
Highest recorded position: #655 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 2003–2010).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Shalom appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 354 births with the name.

Shalom across 3 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.

Shalom'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	#3126 (1996)	#1248 (2009)	#1894 (2024)	27 of 29	354 (1996–2024)	24 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#2859 (1997)	#1486 (2014)	#3254 (2024)	26 of 28	206 (1997–2024)	16 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#655 (2003)	#655 (2003)	#910 (2010)	3 of 8	9 (2003–2010)	3 (2003)

Shalom 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 Shalom in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	13	3 of 10	4
2000s	120	9 of 10	13
2010sbusiest	158	10 of 10	16
2020s	63	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

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

Shalom 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: #655 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Shalom'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	#1894	15	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3254	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1866	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3013	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1635	19	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1903	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2319	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1486	16	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1707	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1608	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1472	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2199	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1248	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1573	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2741	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1771	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	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 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #655, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 7 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.

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Shakur · #1241, 27y
Sham · #1782, 17y
Shamar · #1519, 21y

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.

Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Areeba · #655, 29y
Benita · #655, 27y
Kemi · #655, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aminat · #655, 18y
Anuoluwapo · #655, 26y
Areeba · #655, 29y
Azhar · #655, 28y

Shalom was ranked #655 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2003. 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.

Shalom 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 Shalom without appearing here.

Shalom moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1866 and #5581.
Donna Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3518 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2040 and #5591.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4001 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4991.

Moved ahead of Shalom

Fiadh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2201 and #2502 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1436.
Matheo Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2301 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #4001 and #2018.
Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1866 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2888 and #1452.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Shalom

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shalom went from #3126 to #1774 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shalom went from #3126 to #1774 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Shalom went from #3126 to #1774 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Shalom went from #3126 to #1866 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

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: #655 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Shalom

Shalom at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shalom across 3 official records

Shalom by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shalom appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shalom at a glance

Shalom across 3 official records

Shalom by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shalom appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shalom

Shalom and the names beside it

Shalom moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shalom

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