Sal
#6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 114 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,663since 1909
Sal over time
Rank among boys' names. Sal has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #6,832 | 12 |
| 2023 | #8,255 | 9 |
| 2022 | #7,262 | 11 |
| 2021 | #5,776 | 15 |
| 2020 | #8,067 | 9 |
| 2019 | #9,756 | 7 |
| 2018 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,048 | 11 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #5,246 | 15 |
| 2003 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #4,919 | 15 |
| 2001 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #6,316 | 10 |
| 1999 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #3,549 | 19 |
| 1995 | #3,100 | 22 |
| 1994 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1993 | #3,141 | 21 |
| 1992 | #2,412 | 30 |
| 1991 | #2,606 | 26 |
| 1990 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #2,891 | 17 |
| 1985 | #1,975 | 29 |
| 1984 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #2,617 | 18 |
| 1979 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #1,834 | 28 |
| 1977 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #1,748 | 29 |
| 1975 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #1,747 | 27 |
| 1973 | #1,514 | 32 |
| 1972 | #1,163 | 49 |
| 1971 | #1,138 | 52 |
| 1970 | #1,093 | 56 |
| 1969 | #1,050 | 54 |
| 1968 | #1,006 | 54 |
| 1967 | #948 | 58 |
| 1966 | #926 | 62 |
| 1965 | #934 | 62 |
| 1964 | #921 | 68 |
| 1963 | #773 | 97 |
| 1962 | #750 | 103 |
| 1961 | #779 | 97 |
| 1960 | #757 | 104 |
| 1959 | #738 | 107 |
| 1958 | #701 | 114 |
| 1957 | #789 | 90 |
| 1956 | #1,056 | 51 |
| 1955 | #1,313 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,762 | 19 |
| 1953 | #1,427 | 28 |
| 1952 | #1,323 | 32 |
| 1951 | #1,430 | 27 |
| 1950 | #1,313 | 30 |
| 1949 | #1,110 | 40 |
| 1948 | #1,063 | 44 |
| 1947 | #870 | 64 |
| 1946 | #878 | 56 |
| 1945 | #817 | 58 |
| 1944 | #964 | 45 |
| 1943 | #837 | 62 |
| 1942 | #859 | 58 |
| 1941 | #888 | 51 |
| 1940 | #881 | 51 |
| 1939 | #954 | 43 |
| 1938 | #1,030 | 39 |
| 1937 | #845 | 52 |
| 1936 | #861 | 50 |
| 1935 | #903 | 49 |
| 1934 | #1,150 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,078 | 37 |
| 1932 | #992 | 44 |
| 1931 | #1,078 | 39 |
| 1930 | #1,693 | 19 |
| 1929 | #1,237 | 32 |
| 1928 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | #1,248 | 34 |
| 1926 | #1,466 | 25 |
| 1925 | #1,225 | 34 |
| 1924 | #1,414 | 28 |
| 1923 | #1,358 | 29 |
| 1922 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #1,703 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #1,408 | 26 |
| 1918 | #1,596 | 22 |
| 1917 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #2,043 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,505 | 21 |
| 1914 | #1,545 | 16 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Sal! It came in at #1,083, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Sal is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#488 · 1 in 12,627
- California#780 · 1 in 24,773
Best ever in a state: #192 in New York, 1936.
Show every state
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| New York | #488 | 13 | 1 in 12,627 |
| California | #780 | 6 | 1 in 24,773 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Sal
- 386 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #6,446)
- 1,621 spots since 2020 (#8,067 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 267 spots in 1957 (#1,056 → #789)
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1948 (#870 → #1,063)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1958 at #701 (114 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1957–1967
- Highest: 1 in 18,618 boys born in 1958 were named Sal (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.7% of all boys named Sal (759) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 8 | #1,083 (1909) | #1,083 |
| 1910s | 158 | #1,117 (1911) | #1,505 |
| 1920s | 274 | #1,225 (1925) | #1,445 |
| 1930s | 405 | #845 (1937) | #1,058 |
| 1940s | 529 | #817 (1945) | #917 |
| 1950s | 531 | #701 (1958) | #1,185 |
| 1960s | 759 | #750 (1962) | #884 |
| 1970s | 328 | #1,093 (1970) | #1,761 |
| 1980s | 203 | #1,975 (1985) | #2,616 |
| 1990s | 211 | #2,373 (1990) | #3,467 |
| 2000s | 123 | #3,617 (2001) | #7,069 |
| 2010s | 65 | #5,555 (2016) | #9,504 |
| 2020s | 69 | #5,776 (2021) | #7,106 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Sal in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 70,439 of them was named Sal, which outranked 67.1% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,408Sherrill29
- #1,408Tracey29
- #1,408Verlyn29
- #1,427Sal28
- #1,427Alvie28
- #1,427Anastacio28
- #1,427Anselmo28
- #1,455Alexis27
- #1,455Archibald27
- #1,455Cloyd27
Tied with 27 names at #1,427; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.