Zalmen

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Zalman, occasionally Zalmen is a Yiddish-language variant of Solomon. The name was common among European Jews, and it still has usage in many Haredi and especially Hasidic communities.

From Wikipedia

Zalmen first appears in the data in 1956 and has been recorded in 48 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2024 with 34 babies (rank #3,446 that year). In 2024 it was given to 34 boys (rank #3,446). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Zalmen

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Zalmen yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

648
Total babies (all years)
48
Years in the data
34
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19565#4,451
19597#3,615
19605#4,597
19695#5,039
19705#5,429
19717#4,371
19737#4,503
19769#4,011
19776#5,839
19788#4,552
19847#5,553
19855#7,575
19878#5,455
19896#7,899
199010#5,378
19919#5,938
19935#10,158
19949#6,361
199518#3,691
199618#3,827
199716#4,243
19986#9,622
199914#5,030
200013#5,583
20019#7,522
200219#4,321
200312#6,250
200414#5,808
200513#6,216
200626#3,886
200713#6,612
200822#4,535
200916#5,791
201018#5,244
201120#4,817
201215#5,991
201319#4,976
201411#7,547
201523#4,404
201624#4,321
201716#5,783
201822#4,605
201921#4,802
202024#4,271
202114#6,330
202216#5,859
202319#5,243
202434#3,446