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Salome in the US

  1. #3,349 Anya
  2. #3,350 Byung
  3. #3,351 Nana
  4. #3,352 Maryjo
  5. #3,353 Salome
  6. #3,354 Bradly
  7. #3,355 Rolanda
  8. #3,356 Lesia
  9. #3,357 Meri
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Greek form of an unrecorded Aramaic name, akin to the Hebrew word shalom ‘peace’. It was common at the time of Christ, and was borne by one of the women who were at his tomb and witnessed the Resurrection (Mark 16:1–8). This would normally have led to its common use as a Christian name, and it is indeed found as such in medieval times. However, according to the Jewish historian Josephus, it was also the name of King Herod's stepdaughter, the daughter of Queen Herodias. In the Bible, a daughter of Herodias, generally identified as this Salome, danced for Herod and so pleased him that he offered to give her anything she wanted. Prompted by her mother, she asked for (and got) the head of John the Baptist, who was in one of Herod's prisons (Mark 6:17–28). This story so gripped medieval imagination that the name Salome became more or less taboo until the end of the 19th century, when Oscar Wilde wrote a play about her and some unconventional souls began to choose the name for their daughters.
3,353rd in the U.S. for 2011

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Thousands
of people in the U.S have this name
3,667
to be exact (as of February 2011)
Hawaii
has the most people named Salome per capita
2005
marked the height of its popularity
71%
29%
16%
55+
15%
30-54
9%
13-29
59%
0-12

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Salome is most likely to live in California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois

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