Shloimy
A masculine Jewish given name derived from the Hebrew name Shlomo, meaning "peaceful".
Name Census estimates that about 536 living Americans carry the first name Shloimy. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Shloimy today is around 10 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Shloimy births was 2024 (50 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Shloimy. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Shloimy with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
536
~ 1 in 639,467 Americans
Peak year
2024
50 babies that year
Average age
10
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,656
Tracked since 2001
Census
Shloimy in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 344 people with the first name Shloimy, which placed it at #26,849 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#26,849
National first-name rank
People counted
344
344 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
97.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Shloimy
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Shloimy is White at 97.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (2.0%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (0.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Shloimy described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Shloimy at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White97.4% · 335
- Hispanic or Latino2.0% · 7
- Asian and Pacific Islander0.6% · 2
Popularity
Shloimy: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Shloimy from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 245 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Shloimy by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Shloimy during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Shloimys live
Origin
Meaning and history of Shloimy
The given name Shloimy is a Yiddish variant of the Hebrew name Shlomo, which is derived from the Hebrew word "shalom" meaning "peace". It is a name that has been in use for centuries among Jewish communities across Europe and beyond.
The name Shlomo first appeared in the Hebrew Bible, where it was the name of the third king of Israel, who reigned from around 970 to 931 BCE. King Shlomo, also known as Solomon, was renowned for his wisdom, wealth, and the construction of the First Temple in Jerusalem.
In the Middle Ages, the name Shloimy became a popular choice among Ashkenazi Jews living in Central and Eastern Europe. It was often used as a Yiddish diminutive form of Shlomo, reflecting the linguistic and cultural influences of the regions where Yiddish was spoken.
One of the earliest recorded examples of the name Shloimy dates back to the 16th century, when Rabbi Shloimy Luria, also known as the Maharsha (1510-1573), was a prominent Torah scholar and commentator who lived in Poland.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Shloimy. Among them are Shloimy Carlebach (1925-1994), a renowned Jewish rabbi, religious teacher, and composer of Jewish religious songs and melodies, who was born in Berlin, Germany, and later lived in the United States.
Shloimy Shvadron (1906-1987) was an Israeli politician and one of the signatories of the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948. He served as a member of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) for several terms.
Shloimy Laizer (1909-1984), also known as the "Illui from Kelm", was a renowned Lithuanian-born Israeli rabbi, Talmudic scholar, and rosh yeshiva (head of a Talmudic academy) who made significant contributions to the study of the Talmud and Jewish law.
Shloimy Shapiro (1889-1957) was a renowned Hasidic rabbi and author from Poland who later immigrated to the United States. He wrote extensively on Jewish mysticism and Hasidic thought.
Shloimy Rothstein (1851-1915), also known as the "Avnei Nezer", was a respected Hasidic rabbi and Talmudic scholar from Ukraine who served as the Rabbi of Bobruisk and authored several influential works on Jewish law and ethics.
People
Shloimy + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Shloimy as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with S
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Shloimy: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Shloimy?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 536 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Shloimy going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 639,467 US residents.
Is Shloimy a common name?
We classify Shloimy as "Very Rare". It ranks above 85.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 540 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Shloimy most popular?
The single biggest year for Shloimy was 2024, when 50 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Shloimy is about 10 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Shloimy in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 344 people with the name Shloimy, or 0.11 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #26,849 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Shloimy in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Shloimy?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Shloimy leans strongly male. 343 people counted with this name were male (98.3%), compared with 6 female bearers (1.7%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Shloimy?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Shloimy is White at 97.4%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (2.0%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (0.6%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Shloimy most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Shloimy in the 2020 Census, accounting for 97.4% (335 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Shloimy in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Shloimy a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Shloimy in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Shloimy still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Shloimy in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Shloimy can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many Americans are named Shloimy?
Want to know how many people have the name Shloimy? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.