Salamon
Salamon is a name. Notable people with the name include:
- Hungarian
Meaning & Origin of Salamon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Salamon is a name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hungarian
The Story of Salamon
American parents first put Salamon on the record books as a baby boy name in 1961, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2001, when 6 Salamons were born — ranking #9,243 that year. About 35% of every Salamon on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Salamon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Salamon
Salamon is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Salamon's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #9,243. Use the chart and map above to compare Salamon's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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