Salvator — boys' name

What the Data Says About Salvator

The Social Security Administration has registered 920 babies named Salvator between 1910 and 2009, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Salvator currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Salvator performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 250 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Salvator shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 278 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Salvator in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Salvator 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 920 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.