Sal — #6830 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Sal

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,650 babies named Sal between 1909 and 2024, spanning 116 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sal currently holds the #6830 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 114 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Sal performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 759 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Sal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,430 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Sal in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Sal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,650 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.