Psalm
Psalm was the 1110th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 194 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 10,641 places. More babies were named Psalm in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,110 boys, up 1,908 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 194boys
- Girls and boys
- 26% girls, 74% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2025194 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,120babies recorded
Psalm popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,252 | #1,110 | 82 | 194 |
| 2020 | #6,863 | #3,018 | 17 | 39 |
| 2010 | #19,167 | — | 5 | — |
| 2000 | #16,935 | #11,707 | 5 | 5 |
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How popular is Psalm, counting every spelling?
Psalm has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,048 for boys in 2025, against #1,110 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Psalm?
194 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Psalm (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Psalm born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 43 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Psalm.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Psalm?
About 800 people born in the US named Psalm are alive today, with a median age of 3; half are between 1 and 5. That makes Psalm a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Psalm by state
How common Psalm was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 32 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
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Questions about the name Psalm
How popular is the name Psalm?
Psalm was the 1110th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 194 babies. That is its highest rank since records began in 1880. Over the last ten years it has moved up 10,641 places. More babies were named Psalm in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Psalm a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 26% girls, 74% boys given the name Psalm in the US.
Where is Psalm most popular?
In 2021–2025, Psalm was most common in Nebraska (0.16 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Mexico and Georgia.