Salome
Salome is a distinctive choice, ranked #1892 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Salome in their class.
About the Name Salome
Salome is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 448 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1436 in 2018 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Salome is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Salome in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #952, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
⭐ Famous People Named Salome
- Salome Sifile Dlamini — Salome Sifile Dlamini was a missionary from Eswatini who served in Malawi.
- Salome — Salome (; Hebrew: שְלוֹמִית, romanized: Shlomit, related to שָׁלוֹם, Shalom "peace"; Greek: Σαλώμη), also known as Salome III, was a Jewish princess, the daughter of Herod II and princess Herodias.
- Salome Alexandra — Salome Alexandra, also Shlomtzion, Shelamzion (Ancient Greek: Σαλώμη Ἀλεξάνδρα; Hebrew: שְׁלוֹמְצִיּוֹן, Šəlōmṣīyyōn, "peace of Zion"; 141–67 BC), was a regnant queen of Hasmonean Judea, one of only three women in Jewish historical tradition to rule over the…
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Salome
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Salome
Almost certainly the only Salome in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2024–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
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Famous People Named Salome
Notable people who share this name, from history to the present day. See full list on Wikipedia