Salvador
Salvador is ranked 721st among boys in 2024 (364 births). Its best rank was 289th, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- #721down 19 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3640.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 1992921 births
- Best rank
- #289in 1990
- Since 1888
- 49,259people given the name
The story in the numbers
49,259 boys have been named Salvador in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1992, with 921 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 602 → 721).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1990s alone account for 17%. It has spent 124 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Salvador | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 17 | |
| 1900s | 127 | |
| 1910s | 875 | |
| 1920s | 2,627 | |
| 1930s | 2,030 | |
| 1940s | 2,514 | |
| 1950s | 3,236 | |
| 1960s | 3,217 | |
| 1970s | 5,164 | |
| 1980s | 6,652 | |
| 1990s | 8,608 | |
| 2000s | 7,871 | |
| 2010s | 4,485 | |
| 2020s | 1,831 |
In 1992, its biggest year
Salvador was the 292nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1992 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1992.
Names that rose and fell with Salvador
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Alfredopeak 1993
- Genaropeak 2000
- Isidropeak 2000
- Felipepeak 2001
- Ernestopeak 2003
- Raymundopeak 1994
- Silvestrepeak 1994
- Gilbertopeak 1993
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.