Meaning not yet researched.
Saul: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 535 in 2025. Its best rank was #270 in 1997.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #270 in 1997; #557 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Saul in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#557 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1997, at #270.
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Saul: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 535 boys in 2025. Peak: #270 in 1997 · most boys in one year: 1,120 (2006).
In 2025, 535 US boys were named Saul, making it the 557th most common boys’ name of the year, up 2 places from #559 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 531 boys named Saul in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #270, reached in 1997. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,120, in 2006. For comparison, it was #495 in 2015 and #650 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Saul in 143 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 15 babies. In all, 43,362 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 10,547 babies named Saul.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,396 US boys were named Saul; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 605. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,193 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Saul ranked highest in Arizona in 2025, at #256 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Sal (3,663 babies since 1880), Sahil (3,160 babies since 1880) and Zael (678 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Shaul, Saulo and Sael are summarised on this page.
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: Shaul (730), Saulo (692), Sael (320), Zaul (254), Salle (111), Sahel (94), Sahal (91), Saile (15), Sauel (14), Sahl (11), Zal (6), Saule (5), and more.
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.
No nicknames listed for Saul in the open dataset we use.
Saul is listed as a nickname for Solomon.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 29 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | 32 | #256 | #361 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #265 | #456 |
| California | 117 | #313 | #267 |
| Texas | 113 | #336 | #323 |
| New Jersey | 18 | #447 | #702 |
| Oregon | 8 | #468 | #488 |
| New York | 32 | #512 | #438 |
| Alabama | 10 | #521 | — |
| Washington | 14 | #527 | #460 |
| Illinois | 16 | #599 | #411 |
| Tennessee | 12 | #630 | #902 |
| Georgia | 16 | #646 | #567 |
| Florida | 24 | #679 | #599 |
| Oklahoma | 6 | #688 | — |
| South Carolina | 6 | #727 | — |
| Colorado | 7 | #745 | #473 |
| Missouri | 6 | #857 | — |
| Virginia | 8 | #865 | #722 |
| Michigan | 8 | #888 | #1,213 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,056 | — |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,098 | #895 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,434 | #553 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 535 | #557 |
| 2024 | — | — | 531 | #559 |
| 2023 | — | — | 515 | #570 |
| 2022 | — | — | 581 | #513 |
| 2021 | — | — | 513 | #556 |
| 2020 | — | — | 484 | #575 |
| 2019 | — | — | 538 | #533 |
| 2018 | — | — | 534 | #531 |
| 2017 | — | — | 605 | #485 |
| 2016 | — | — | 560 | #527 |
| 2015 | — | — | 592 | #495 |
| 2014 | — | — | 664 | #450 |
| 2013 | — | — | 656 | #440 |
| 2012 | — | — | 690 | #414 |
| 2011 | — | — | 715 | #399 |
| 2010 | — | — | 761 | #379 |
| 2009 | — | — | 867 | #356 |
| 2008 | — | — | 999 | #329 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,070 | #308 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,120 | #298 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,113 | #295 |
| 2004 | 6 | #15,731 | 1,104 | #289 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,072 | #292 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,028 | #289 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,103 | #278 |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,679 | 1,059 | #287 |
| 1999 | — | — | 891 | #318 |
| 1998 | — | — | 916 | #307 |
| 1997 | 7 | #11,839 | 1,045 | #270 |
| 1996 | — | — | 869 | #306 |
| 1995 | — | — | 713 | #346 |
| 1994 | — | — | 598 | #389 |
| 1993 | — | — | 580 | #399 |
| 1992 | 5 | #15,084 | 616 | #375 |
| 1991 | 5 | #14,914 | 593 | #381 |
| 1990 | 7 | #11,137 | 567 | #409 |
| 1989 | 8 | #9,481 | 522 | #410 |
| 1988 | 5 | #13,439 | 435 | #433 |
| 1987 | — | — | 429 | #422 |
| 1986 | — | — | 411 | #424 |
| 1985 | 7 | #9,076 | 408 | #426 |
| 1984 | 6 | #10,103 | 389 | #419 |
| 1983 | — | — | 380 | #421 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,994 | 361 | #449 |
| 1981 | — | — | 411 | #402 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,763 | 363 | #432 |
| 1979 | — | — | 351 | #427 |
| 1978 | — | — | 291 | #478 |
| 1977 | — | — | 323 | #446 |
| 1976 | — | — | 295 | #457 |
| 1975 | — | — | 279 | #479 |
| 1974 | — | — | 267 | #491 |
| 1973 | — | — | 250 | #494 |
| 1972 | — | — | 244 | #506 |
| 1971 | — | — | 193 | #598 |
| 1970 | — | — | 219 | #551 |
| 1969 | — | — | 193 | #565 |
| 1968 | — | — | 159 | #605 |
| 1967 | — | — | 159 | #597 |
| 1966 | — | — | 135 | #640 |
| 1965 | — | — | 167 | #590 |
| 1964 | — | — | 123 | #697 |
| 1963 | — | — | 142 | #656 |
| 1962 | — | — | 144 | #646 |
| 1961 | — | — | 168 | #613 |
| 1960 | — | — | 129 | #694 |
| 1959 | — | — | 137 | #658 |
| 1958 | — | — | 154 | #620 |
| 1957 | — | — | 138 | #654 |
| 1956 | — | — | 115 | #691 |
| 1955 | — | — | 118 | #675 |
| 1954 | — | — | 121 | #662 |
| 1953 | — | — | 117 | #656 |
| 1952 | — | — | 103 | #691 |
| 1951 | — | — | 123 | #640 |
| 1950 | — | — | 115 | #650 |
| 1949 | — | — | 103 | #677 |
| 1948 | — | — | 104 | #665 |
| 1947 | — | — | 112 | #655 |
| 1946 | — | — | 101 | #641 |
| 1945 | — | — | 85 | #656 |
| 1944 | — | — | 78 | #706 |
| 1943 | — | — | 97 | #648 |
| 1942 | — | — | 107 | #610 |
| 1941 | — | — | 97 | #612 |
| 1940 | — | — | 88 | #640 |
| 1939 | — | — | 98 | #580 |
| 1938 | — | — | 123 | #526 |
| 1937 | — | — | 113 | #549 |
| 1936 | — | — | 120 | #517 |
| 1935 | — | — | 109 | #552 |
| 1934 | — | — | 130 | #511 |
| 1933 | — | — | 131 | #490 |
| 1932 | — | — | 122 | #531 |
| 1931 | — | — | 138 | #490 |
| 1930 | — | — | 149 | #487 |
| 1929 | — | — | 156 | #471 |
| 1928 | — | — | 179 | #450 |
| 1927 | — | — | 189 | #446 |
| 1926 | — | — | 189 | #440 |
| 1925 | — | — | 206 | #419 |
| 1924 | — | — | 213 | #419 |
| 1923 | — | — | 225 | #398 |
| 1922 | — | — | 204 | #420 |
| 1921 | — | — | 229 | #403 |
| 1920 | — | — | 206 | #415 |
| 1919 | — | — | 232 | #382 |
| 1918 | — | — | 239 | #388 |
| 1917 | — | — | 228 | #373 |
| 1916 | — | — | 222 | #366 |
| 1915 | — | — | 207 | #374 |
| 1914 | — | — | 162 | #373 |
| 1913 | — | — | 148 | #339 |
| 1912 | — | — | 125 | #340 |
| 1911 | — | — | 57 | #371 |
| 1910 | — | — | 42 | #419 |
| 1909 | — | — | 41 | #377 |
| 1908 | — | — | 35 | #402 |
| 1907 | — | — | 36 | #378 |
| 1906 | — | — | 18 | #563 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #733 |
| 1904 | — | — | 26 | #415 |
| 1903 | — | — | 17 | #547 |
| 1902 | — | — | 24 | #424 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #588 |
| 1900 | — | — | 23 | #487 |
| 1899 | — | — | 17 | #475 |
| 1898 | — | — | 11 | #698 |
| 1897 | — | — | 11 | #674 |
| 1896 | — | — | 11 | #716 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #604 |
| 1894 | — | — | 16 | #517 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #760 |
| 1892 | — | — | 11 | #679 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #692 |
| 1890 | — | — | 7 | #870 |
| 1888 | — | — | 20 | #427 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #578 |
| 1886 | — | — | 10 | #638 |
| 1885 | — | — | 11 | #600 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #1,020 |
| 1882 | — | — | 15 | #486 |
| 1880 | — | — | 15 | #476 |
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).