Shloime
Shloime or Shloyme is a masculine given name, usually a nickname for Shlomo. Notable people with this name include:Shloyme Bastomski, Russian Yiddish writer and educator Shloime Dachs, American musician Shloime Gertner, British singer Shloyme Prizament, Galician composer and actor Shloime Zionce, American journalist
Meaning & Origin of Shloime
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shloime or Shloyme is a masculine given name, usually a nickname for Shlomo. Notable people with this name include:Shloyme Bastomski, Russian Yiddish writer and educator Shloime Dachs, American musician Shloime Gertner, British singer Shloyme Prizament, Galician composer and actor Shloime Zionce, American journalist
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The Story of Shloime
The earliest SSA record of Shloime as a baby boy name dates back to 1982, when 5 babies received it. 2001 was its biggest year on record, with 28 newborns named Shloime — #3,143 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Shloime on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Shloime ranks #4,663 for baby boys with 22 births, holding steady (+2%). All told, over 626 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shloime
Shloime is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1982 and has accumulated 626 births in the dataset. Shloime's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #3,143. Use the chart and map above to compare Shloime'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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