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
#270
1997 · 1,045 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #270, 1997boys
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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—#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
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1888—#41620
1887—#54411
1886—#60510
1885—#57711
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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.

Where Saul is popular in 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedMINew York: #207 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 2,745 boysNYMassachusetts: #230 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,824 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #361 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 8,209 boysPANew Jersey: #213 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,211 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #358 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,097 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedHITexas: #506 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,351 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Saul, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New York#207 · 1 in 2,745
  2. New Jersey#213 · 1 in 3,211
  3. Massachusetts#230 · 1 in 4,824
  4. Louisiana#358 · 1 in 3,097
  5. Pennsylvania#361 · 1 in 8,209

Best ever in a state: #97 in New York, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New York#207321 in 2,745
New Jersey#21381 in 3,211
Massachusetts#23061 in 4,824
Louisiana#35871 in 3,097
Pennsylvania#36191 in 8,209
Texas#506111 in 5,351
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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 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 1939

boys
#579
98 births · 1 in 11,294 boys

Top boys' names in 1939

  1. #1Robert59,666
  2. #2James59,636
  3. #3John51,025
  4. #4William42,071
  5. #5Richard35,386
  6. #6Charles30,789
  7. #7David25,360
  8. #8Donald24,056
  9. #9Thomas22,129
  10. #10Ronald19,837
  11. #579Saul98
More about 1939

boys

1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 11,294 of them was named Saul, which outranked 85.4% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Saul
  1. #574Dee99
  2. #574Garrett99
  3. #574Joesph99
  4. #579Saul98
  5. #579Felipe98
  6. #581Cary97
  7. #581Dexter97
  8. #581Hilton97

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 463Alfonzo#1,439 → #976
  2. ↑ 447Rod#1,439 → #992
  3. ↑ 443Estel#1,397 → #954
  4. ↑ 422Cameron#1,364 → #942
  5. ↑ 421Turner#1,337 → #916
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Gonzalo#779 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 497Judge#992 → #1,489
  3. ↓ 396Melville#963 → #1,359
  4. ↓ 355Agustin#883 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 351Antone#921 → #1,272

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

See the top 100 for 1939 →