Salvador

Last seen for girls in 2000 at #15,031 · #754 for boys in 2025, 341 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1990 · 869 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
49,605
since 1888

Salvador over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Salvador has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #289, 1990boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#754341
2024#719367
2023#699380
2022#711371
2021#727355
2020#701362
2019#648415
2018#649395
2017#668379
2016#593457
2015#633422
2014#602449
2013#584437
2012#552472
2011#531478
2010#458582
2009#424682
2008#435662
2007#405718
2006#390767
2005#344861
2004#342830
2003#336853
2002#344799
2001#327848
2000#15,0315#330852
1999#347769
1998#331814
1997#322815
1996#302871
1995#9,5538#305863
1994#8,12210#300896
1993#11,7806#302905
1992#10,4797#291922
1991#8,5889#292884
1990#7,88010#289869
1989#8,0379#301802
1988#10,3866#325663
1987#5,61313#322655
1986#7,7498#316642
1985#8,3187#324617
1984#9,1446#308632
1983#6,7059#315618
1982#291697
1981#9,1106#294674
1980#7,4188#303652
1979#8,0617#310629
1978#7,6497#311572
1977#6,8928#313602
1976#8,1566#314560
1975#9,0675#320560
1974#7,6806#336518
1973#371426
1972#8,2925#370451
1971#382441
1970#400405
1969#414369
1968#419334
1967#427315
1966#447294
1965#435316
1964#455303
1963#446317
1962#6,5785#471287
1961#428344
1960#437337
1959#442324
1958#439317
1957#429325
1956#427313
1955#403327
1954#411306
1953#382330
1952#379326
1951#374332
1950#369336
1949#375321
1948#404285
1947#413273
1946#392277
1945#374258
1944#387241
1943#439205
1942#397233
1941#396213
1940#397208
1939#414189
1938#420183
1937#477142
1936#397191
1935#442166
1934#417179
1933#392195
1932#369227
1931#336263
1930#3,6587#322295
1929#321296
1928#328296
1927#347282
1926#355268
1925#336295
1924#351283
1923#375255
1922#395232
1921#411218
1920#417202
1919#443178
1918#519133
1917#518124
1916#494133
1915#558102
1914#59172
1913#59255
1912#78331
1911#64423
1910#58224
1909#61519
1908#63217
1907#51121
1906#59016
1905#1,0027
1904#72311
1903#7839
1902#68711
1901#8587
1900#9029
1899
1898#1,0026
1897
1896
1895
1894#9546
1893#1,0355
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888#1,0315
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Salvador! It came in at #1,031, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1888–1893, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Salvador
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 35 spots since 2024 (#719#754)
  • 53 spots since 2020 (#701#754)
  • 121 spots since 2015 (#633#754)
  • Biggest jump: 412 spots in 1906 (#1,002#590)
  • Biggest drop: 279 spots in 1905 (#723#1,002)
Rise & fade · boys
102 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1990 at #289 (869 births)
  • Births halved by 2015, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 126 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 126 yrs · run 1906–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,156
  • Highest: 1 in 2,156 boys born in 1994 were named Salvador (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,009 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #289 in 1990, was only 1 in 2,364 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 17.4% of all boys named Salvador (8,608) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,031 (1888)#1,031
1890s17#954 (1894)#997
1900s127#511 (1907)#730
1910s875#443 (1919)#572
1920s2,627#321 (1929)#364
1930s2,030#322 (1930)#399
1940s2,514#374 (1945)#397
1950s3,236#369 (1950)#406
1960s3,216#414 (1969)#438
1970s5,164#310 (1979)#343
1980s6,652#291 (1982)#310
1990s8,608#289 (1990)#308
2000s7,872#327 (2001)#368
2010s4,486#458 (2010)#592
2020s2,176#699 (2023)#719

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.

Salvador in 1962

girls
#6,578
5 births · 1 in 393,321 girls
boys
#471
287 births · 1 in 7,208 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #6,578Salvador5

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #471Salvador287
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 393,321 of them was named Salvador, which outranked 13.3% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Salvador
  1. #5,860Zenovia6
  2. #5,860Zerita6
  3. #5,860Zipporah6
  4. #6,578Salvador5
  5. #6,578Abbigail5
  6. #6,578Adoree5
  7. #6,578Adoria5

Tied with 1,006 names at #6,578; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 1,281Tiffany#2,070#789
  2. 879Whitney#1,627#748
  3. 541Zina#1,533#992
  4. 414Glynis#1,406#992
  5. 408Lolita#978#570
Fallers
  1. 300Fern#821#1,121
  2. 259Jacklyn#815#1,074
  3. 255Dorthy#929#1,184
  4. 224Laurene#943#1,167
  5. 215Jimmie#911#1,126

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 7,208 of them was named Salvador, which outranked 89.8% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Salvador
  1. #468Marlon290
  2. #469Wilson289
  3. #470Sterling288
  4. #471Salvador287
  5. #472Randell286
  6. #473Dane281
  7. #473Ian281
Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 490Ritchie#1,262#772
  2. 353King#1,349#996
  3. 338Arlie#1,322#984
  4. 250Robb#1,052#802
  5. 243Pernell#928#685
Fallers
  1. 351Mariano#928#1,279
  2. 349Michal#910#1,259
  3. 337Loran#958#1,295
  4. 292Sid#967#1,259
  5. 275Lorenza#940#1,215

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1962