Saul

Last seen for girls in 2004 at #14,179 · #557 for boys in 2025, 535 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1997 · 1,045 births
Debut · boys
15 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
43,288
since 1880

Saul over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #270, 1997boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#557535
2024#559531
2023#568515
2022#512581
2021#556513
2020#575484
2019#532538
2018#531534
2017#484605
2016#526560
2015#494592
2014#449664
2013#438656
2012#414690
2011#399715
2010#379761
2009#356867
2008#329999
2007#3081,070
2006#2981,120
2005#2951,113
2004#14,1796#2891,104
2003#2911,072
2002#2891,028
2001#2781,103
2000#13,1546#2861,059
1999#318891
1998#307916
1997#10,8367#2701,045
1996#306869
1995#345713
1994#389598
1993#398580
1992#13,3175#375616
1991#13,1475#381593
1990#10,1937#409567
1989#8,7618#408522
1988#11,7985#432435
1987#422429
1986#424411
1985#8,3187#426408
1984#9,1446#419389
1983#421380
1982#8,2247#447361
1981#401411
1980#10,3925#431363
1979#426351
1978#478291
1977#444323
1976#455295
1975#479279
1974#491267
1973#492250
1972#506244
1971#597193
1970#550219
1969#563193
1968#603159
1967#596159
1966#635135
1965#589167
1964#695123
1963#655142
1962#646144
1961#610168
1960#691129
1959#657137
1958#619154
1957#654138
1956#688115
1955#672118
1954#659121
1953#656117
1952#688103
1951#635123
1950#648115
1949#676103
1948#663104
1947#651112
1946#638101
1945#65485
1944#70278
1943#64797
1942#609107
1941#60997
1940#63588
1939#57998
1938#522123
1937#547113
1936#514120
1935#551109
1934#508130
1933#490131
1932#528122
1931#487138
1930#485149
1929#470156
1928#450179
1927#445189
1926#439189
1925#418206
1924#419213
1923#397225
1922#420204
1921#403229
1920#413206
1919#381232
1918#387239
1917#372228
1916#365222
1915#374207
1914#371162
1913#337148
1912#340125
1911#36857
1910#41542
1909#37141
1908#40035
1907#37536
1906#54718
1905#69912
1904#40926
1903#52717
1902#41524
1901#55913
1900#47723
1899#45717
1898#66311
1897#65211
1896#67411
1895#57913
1894#50216
1893#7059
1892#64111
1891#6359
1890#8147
1889
1888#41620
1887#54411
1886#60510
1885#57711
1884
1883#8925
1882#46915
1881
1880#46515
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Saul was already there! It came in at #465, and was given to 15 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Saul
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#559#557)
  • 18 spots since 2020 (#575#557)
  • 63 spots since 2015 (#494#557)
  • Biggest jump: 206 spots in 1899 (#663#457)
  • Biggest drop: 423 spots in 1883 (#469#892)
Rise & fade · boys
117 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1997 at #270 (1,045 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 143 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1890–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,761
  • Highest: 1 in 1,761 boys born in 2001 were named Saul (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,193 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #270 in 1997, was only 1 in 1,804 (0.06%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 24.3% of all boys named Saul (10,535) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s87#416 (1888)#567
1890s115#457 (1899)#632
1900s245#371 (1909)#478
1910s1,662#337 (1913)#371
1920s1,996#397 (1923)#427
1930s1,233#485 (1930)#521
1940s972#609 (1942)#648
1950s1,241#619 (1958)#658
1960s1,519#563 (1969)#628
1970s2,712#426 (1979)#492
1980s4,109#401 (1981)#423
1990s7,388#270 (1997)#350
2000s10,535#278 (2001)#302
2010s6,315#379 (2010)#465
2020s3,159#512 (2022)#555

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.

Saul in 1934

boys
#508
130 births · 1 in 7,943 boys

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #508Saul130
More about 1934

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 7,943 of them was named Saul, which outranked 87.9% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Saul
  1. #501Rafael132
  2. #506Odis131
  3. #506Vaughn131
  4. #508Saul130
  5. #508Emerson130
  6. #508Ernie130
  7. #508Orval130
  8. #513Dana128
  9. #513Denver128
  10. #513Elias128

Tied with 4 names at #508; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934