Meaning not yet researched.
Salvador: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 341 in 2025. Its best rank was #289 in 1990.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #289 in 1990; #756 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Salvador in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#756 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1990, at #289.
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Salvador: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 341 boys in 2025. Peak: #289 in 1990 · most boys in one year: 922 (1992).
In 2025, 341 US boys were named Salvador, making it the 756th most common boys’ name of the year, down 37 places from #719 in 2024. That is 26 fewer than the 367 boys named Salvador in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #289, reached in 1990. The most boys given the name in a single year was 922, in 1992. For comparison, it was #634 in 2015 and #369 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Salvador in 130 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 5 babies. In all, 49,788 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 8,658 babies named Salvador.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,822 US boys were named Salvador; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 457. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,009 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Salvador ranked highest in Oregon in 2025, at #394 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Salvatore (57,445 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Salvadore are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Sal and Sally.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Salvadore (1,302).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | 10 | #394 | — |
| California | 84 | #395 | #294 |
| Texas | 72 | #468 | #435 |
| Illinois | 22 | #482 | #539 |
| Arizona | 14 | #524 | #718 |
| Washington | 13 | #565 | #591 |
| Nevada | 5 | #584 | #443 |
| Florida | 26 | #645 | #1,081 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #686 | #564 |
| Georgia | 14 | #704 | #1,082 |
| Colorado | 7 | #742 | #472 |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,014 | #819 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,155 | #618 |
| Ohio | 5 | #1,441 | #1,348 |
| New York | 5 | #1,993 | #1,793 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 341 | #756 |
| 2024 | — | — | 367 | #719 |
| 2023 | — | — | 380 | #701 |
| 2022 | — | — | 371 | #712 |
| 2021 | — | — | 355 | #728 |
| 2020 | — | — | 362 | #701 |
| 2019 | — | — | 415 | #648 |
| 2018 | — | — | 395 | #650 |
| 2017 | — | — | 379 | #669 |
| 2016 | — | — | 457 | #593 |
| 2015 | — | — | 422 | #634 |
| 2014 | — | — | 449 | #602 |
| 2013 | — | — | 437 | #584 |
| 2012 | — | — | 472 | #552 |
| 2011 | — | — | 478 | #532 |
| 2010 | — | — | 582 | #458 |
| 2009 | — | — | 682 | #424 |
| 2008 | — | — | 662 | #435 |
| 2007 | — | — | 718 | #405 |
| 2006 | — | — | 767 | #390 |
| 2005 | — | — | 861 | #345 |
| 2004 | — | — | 830 | #342 |
| 2003 | — | — | 853 | #336 |
| 2002 | — | — | 799 | #344 |
| 2001 | — | — | 848 | #329 |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,084 | 852 | #330 |
| 1999 | — | — | 769 | #347 |
| 1998 | — | — | 814 | #331 |
| 1997 | — | — | 815 | #323 |
| 1996 | — | — | 871 | #305 |
| 1995 | 8 | #10,310 | 863 | #306 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,650 | 896 | #300 |
| 1993 | 6 | #13,094 | 905 | #303 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,444 | 922 | #292 |
| 1991 | 9 | #9,186 | 884 | #292 |
| 1990 | 10 | #8,375 | 869 | #289 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,597 | 802 | #301 |
| 1988 | 6 | #11,444 | 663 | #325 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,865 | 655 | #322 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,328 | 642 | #317 |
| 1985 | 7 | #9,062 | 617 | #324 |
| 1984 | 6 | #10,086 | 632 | #309 |
| 1983 | 9 | #7,152 | 618 | #315 |
| 1982 | — | — | 697 | #291 |
| 1981 | 6 | #10,100 | 674 | #295 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,980 | 652 | #303 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,774 | 629 | #310 |
| 1978 | 7 | #8,338 | 572 | #312 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,404 | 602 | #313 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,971 | 560 | #315 |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,245 | 560 | #320 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,492 | 518 | #336 |
| 1973 | — | — | 426 | #372 |
| 1972 | 5 | #9,310 | 451 | #370 |
| 1971 | — | — | 441 | #382 |
| 1970 | — | — | 405 | #400 |
| 1969 | — | — | 369 | #414 |
| 1968 | — | — | 334 | #421 |
| 1967 | — | — | 315 | #427 |
| 1966 | — | — | 294 | #447 |
| 1965 | — | — | 316 | #435 |
| 1964 | — | — | 303 | #457 |
| 1963 | — | — | 317 | #446 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,378 | 287 | #471 |
| 1961 | — | — | 344 | #428 |
| 1960 | — | — | 337 | #437 |
| 1959 | — | — | 324 | #442 |
| 1958 | — | — | 317 | #440 |
| 1957 | — | — | 325 | #429 |
| 1956 | — | — | 313 | #428 |
| 1955 | — | — | 327 | #404 |
| 1954 | — | — | 306 | #413 |
| 1953 | — | — | 330 | #383 |
| 1952 | — | — | 326 | #380 |
| 1951 | — | — | 332 | #374 |
| 1950 | — | — | 336 | #369 |
| 1949 | — | — | 321 | #375 |
| 1948 | — | — | 285 | #405 |
| 1947 | — | — | 273 | #413 |
| 1946 | — | — | 277 | #393 |
| 1945 | — | — | 258 | #375 |
| 1944 | — | — | 241 | #389 |
| 1943 | — | — | 205 | #439 |
| 1942 | — | — | 233 | #397 |
| 1941 | — | — | 213 | #397 |
| 1940 | — | — | 208 | #398 |
| 1939 | — | — | 189 | #415 |
| 1938 | — | — | 183 | #424 |
| 1937 | — | — | 142 | #477 |
| 1936 | — | — | 191 | #397 |
| 1935 | — | — | 166 | #444 |
| 1934 | — | — | 179 | #417 |
| 1933 | — | — | 195 | #393 |
| 1932 | — | — | 227 | #370 |
| 1931 | — | — | 263 | #336 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,990 | 295 | #322 |
| 1929 | — | — | 296 | #322 |
| 1928 | — | — | 296 | #328 |
| 1927 | — | — | 282 | #348 |
| 1926 | — | — | 268 | #355 |
| 1925 | — | — | 295 | #338 |
| 1924 | — | — | 283 | #352 |
| 1923 | — | — | 255 | #375 |
| 1922 | — | — | 232 | #395 |
| 1921 | — | — | 218 | #411 |
| 1920 | — | — | 202 | #417 |
| 1919 | — | — | 178 | #443 |
| 1918 | — | — | 133 | #526 |
| 1917 | — | — | 124 | #520 |
| 1916 | — | — | 133 | #496 |
| 1915 | — | — | 102 | #561 |
| 1914 | — | — | 72 | #596 |
| 1913 | — | — | 55 | #596 |
| 1912 | — | — | 31 | #796 |
| 1911 | — | — | 23 | #662 |
| 1910 | — | — | 24 | #595 |
| 1909 | — | — | 19 | #632 |
| 1908 | — | — | 17 | #653 |
| 1907 | — | — | 21 | #536 |
| 1906 | — | — | 16 | #611 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,075 |
| 1904 | — | — | 11 | #755 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #837 |
| 1902 | — | — | 11 | #731 |
| 1901 | — | — | 7 | #931 |
| 1900 | — | — | 9 | #958 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,101 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,059 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,160 |
| 1888 | — | — | 5 | #1,157 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).