Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shloime through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 613
- 613 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 29
- #3,833 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 29 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,833 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 418 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shloime’s family of names
In English usage, Shloime was borrowed from the Yiddish form שלמה.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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