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How popular is the name Solomon?
Births per year, rank history and how many Solomons are alive today.
Solomon (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 393rd in 2025 with 105 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2015, when 158 babies were given the name, the 295th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2006, with 150 babies given the name that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 439 in 2023 before climbing back to the 393rd place it holds today. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Solomon you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Solomons born in England and Wales are between 10 and 25, and there are at least 4,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Solomon.
How many babies are named Solomon each year?
Where does Solomon rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Solomon most popular?
Solomon peaked in 2015, when 158 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Solomon?
At least 4,000 people named Solomon born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Solomon?
Most living Solomons are between 10 and 25; the most common age is about 16.
Is Solomon becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.