Salvador
Salvador was given to 341 boys in 2025, #756 among boys’ names; 49,788 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 39,800 Americans named Salvador and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (80% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 21 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Salvador by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Salvador mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Salvador is “a male given name from Spanish or Portuguese.” Its etymology gives the senses “savior” (salvador) and “to save” (salvāre).
From Spanish and Portuguese Salvador, chiefly various placenames honoring Jesus Christ, from Spanish and Portuguese salvador (“savior”), from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to save”) + -tor (forming agent nouns). In Spanish placenames, frequently a clipping of Spanish San Salvador (“Holy Savior”). Doublet of savior, Salvator, and Salvatore.
/ˈsælvədɔɹ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Salvador?
#756 among boys’ names, 2025
Salvador fell from #634 in 2015 to #756 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.22 to 0.20 per 1,000.
929 babies in 1992, the peak
Salvador peaked in 1992, when 929 babies were given it (922 boys, #292 among boys’ names). The 341 births of 2025 are 37% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 341 | #756 | 0.20 |
| 2024 | 367 | #719 | 0.21 |
| 2023 | 380 | #701 | 0.22 |
| 2022 | 371 | #712 | 0.21 |
| 2021 | 355 | #728 | 0.20 |
| 2020 | 362 | #701 | 0.21 |
| 2019 | 415 | #648 | 0.23 |
| 2018 | 395 | #650 | 0.22 |
| 2017 | 379 | #669 | 0.20 |
| 2016 | 457 | #593 | 0.24 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 422 | #634 | 0.22 |
| 2014 | 449 | #602 | 0.23 |
| 2013 | 437 | #584 | 0.23 |
| 2012 | 472 | #552 | 0.25 |
| 2011 | 478 | #532 | 0.25 |
| 2010 | 582 | #458 | 0.30 |
| 2009 | 682 | #424 | 0.34 |
| 2008 | 662 | #435 | 0.32 |
| 2007 | 718 | #405 | 0.35 |
| 2006 | 767 | #390 | 0.37 |
| 2005 | 861 | #345 | 0.43 |
| 2004 | 830 | #342 | 0.42 |
| 2003 | 853 | #336 | 0.43 |
| 2002 | 799 | #344 | 0.41 |
| 2001 | 848 | #329 | 0.44 |
| 2000 | 852 | #330 | 0.43 |
| 1999 | 769 | #347 | 0.40 |
| 1998 | 814 | #331 | 0.43 |
| 1997 | 815 | #323 | 0.43 |
| 1996 | 871 | #305 | 0.46 |
| 1995 | 863 | #306 | 0.45 |
| 1994 | 896 | #300 | 0.46 |
| 1993 | 905 | #303 | 0.46 |
| 1992 | 922 | #292 | 0.46 |
| 1991 | 884 | #292 | 0.44 |
| 1990 | 869 | #289 | 0.42 |
| 1989 | 802 | #301 | 0.40 |
| 1988 | 663 | #325 | 0.35 |
| 1987 | 655 | #322 | 0.35 |
| 1986 | 642 | #317 | 0.35 |
| 1985 | 617 | #324 | 0.33 |
| 1984 | 632 | #309 | 0.35 |
| 1983 | 618 | #315 | 0.34 |
| 1982 | 697 | #291 | 0.38 |
| 1981 | 674 | #295 | 0.38 |
| 1980 | 652 | #303 | 0.37 |
| 1979 | 629 | #310 | 0.37 |
| 1978 | 572 | #312 | 0.35 |
| 1977 | 602 | #313 | 0.37 |
| 1976 | 560 | #315 | 0.36 |
| 1975 | 560 | #320 | 0.36 |
| 1974 | 518 | #336 | 0.33 |
| 1973 | 426 | #372 | 0.27 |
| 1972 | 451 | #370 | 0.28 |
| 1971 | 441 | #382 | 0.25 |
| 1970 | 405 | #400 | 0.22 |
| 1969 | 369 | #414 | 0.21 |
| 1968 | 334 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1967 | 315 | #427 | 0.18 |
| 1966 | 294 | #447 | 0.16 |
| 1965 | 316 | #435 | 0.17 |
| 1964 | 303 | #457 | 0.15 |
| 1963 | 317 | #446 | 0.16 |
| 1962 | 287 | #471 | 0.14 |
| 1961 | 344 | #428 | 0.16 |
| 1960 | 337 | #437 | 0.16 |
| 1959 | 324 | #442 | 0.15 |
| 1958 | 317 | #440 | 0.15 |
| 1957 | 325 | #428 | 0.15 |
| 1956 | 313 | #427 | 0.15 |
| 1955 | 327 | #403 | 0.16 |
| 1954 | 306 | #412 | 0.15 |
| 1953 | 330 | #382 | 0.17 |
| 1952 | 326 | #379 | 0.17 |
| 1951 | 332 | #373 | 0.18 |
| 1950 | 336 | #368 | 0.19 |
| 1949 | 321 | #375 | 0.18 |
| 1948 | 285 | #405 | 0.16 |
| 1947 | 273 | #413 | 0.15 |
| 1946 | 277 | #393 | 0.17 |
| 1945 | 258 | #375 | 0.19 |
| 1944 | 241 | #389 | 0.18 |
| 1943 | 205 | #439 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 233 | #397 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 213 | #397 | 0.17 |
| 1940 | 208 | #398 | 0.18 |
| 1939 | 189 | #415 | 0.17 |
| 1938 | 183 | #424 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 142 | #477 | 0.13 |
| 1936 | 191 | #397 | 0.18 |
| 1935 | 166 | #444 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 179 | #417 | 0.17 |
| 1933 | 195 | #393 | 0.20 |
| 1932 | 227 | #370 | 0.22 |
| 1931 | 263 | #336 | 0.25 |
| 1930 | 295 | #322 | 0.27 |
| 1929 | 296 | #322 | 0.28 |
| 1928 | 296 | #328 | 0.27 |
| 1927 | 282 | #348 | 0.25 |
| 1926 | 268 | #355 | 0.24 |
| 1925 | 295 | #338 | 0.26 |
| 1924 | 283 | #352 | 0.25 |
| 1923 | 255 | #375 | 0.23 |
| 1922 | 232 | #395 | 0.21 |
| 1921 | 218 | #411 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 202 | #417 | 0.19 |
| 1919 | 178 | #443 | 0.18 |
| 1918 | 133 | #526 | 0.13 |
| 1917 | 124 | #520 | 0.13 |
| 1916 | 133 | #496 | 0.15 |
| 1915 | 102 | #561 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 72 | #596 | 0.11 |
| 1913 | 55 | #596 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 31 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 23 | #662 | 0.10 |
| 1910 | 24 | #595 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 19 | #632 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 17 | #653 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 21 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1906 | 16 | #611 | 0.12 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,074 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 11 | #755 | 0.09 |
| 1903 | 9 | #837 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 11 | #730 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 7 | #930 | 0.07 |
| 1900 | 9 | #957 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,100 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,058 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,159 | 0.04 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,156 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Salvador a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Salvador has been given almost only to boys: 183 girls in 130 years of records.
Girls and boys named Salvador: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Salvador, and how old are they?
39,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 80% of the 49,788 Americans ever recorded as Salvador. The median Salvador alive today is 33 years old; half are between 21 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 80,151 people named Salvador (145 women and girls, 80,006 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 39,398 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.0 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 744 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,970 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,680 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 11,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 11,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,090 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Salvador born?
The states with the most babies named Salvador are California, Texas and Florida, with 61% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 84 | #395 | 4.1× |
| Texas | 72 | #468 | 2.6× |
| Florida | 26 | #645 | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 22 | #482 | 1.2× |
| Arizona | 14 | #524 | 2.2× |
| Georgia | 14 | #704 | 0.2× |
| Washington | 13 | #565 | 0.8× |
| Oregon | 10 | #393 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,014 | 0.2× |
| Colorado | 7 | #742 | 1.0× |
Where Salvador is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Salvador is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 4.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Salvador with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Salvador
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Salvador and names like it
- Compare Salvador and GenaroBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sSalvador peaked in 1992.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Salvador since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Salvador: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1992The year the most babies were named Salvador.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Salvador alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with SMost given first.