Salvatore
Salvatore was given to 249 boys in 2025, #945 among boys’ names; 57,445 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 28,100 Americans named Salvatore and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 50 years old and half are between 28 and 67.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Salvatore by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Salvatore mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Salvatore is “a male given name from Italian.”
Borrowed from Italian Salvatore. Doublet of Salvador.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Salvatore?
#945 among boys’ names, 2025
Salvatore rose from #964 in 2015 to #945 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.11 to 0.15 per 1,000.
1,064 babies in 1927, the peak
Salvatore peaked in 1927, when 1,064 babies were given it (1,058 boys, #149 among boys’ names). The 249 births of 2025 are 23% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 249 | #945 | 0.15 |
| 2024 | 260 | #903 | 0.15 |
| 2023 | 252 | #918 | 0.15 |
| 2022 | 269 | #883 | 0.15 |
| 2021 | 240 | #945 | 0.14 |
| 2020 | 229 | #956 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 259 | #858 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 242 | #896 | 0.13 |
| 2017 | 238 | #904 | 0.13 |
| 2016 | 234 | #921 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 215 | #964 | 0.11 |
| 2014 | 239 | #902 | 0.12 |
| 2013 | 236 | #885 | 0.12 |
| 2012 | 229 | #907 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 242 | #871 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 229 | #898 | 0.12 |
| 2009 | 233 | #895 | 0.12 |
| 2008 | 232 | #898 | 0.11 |
| 2007 | 263 | #813 | 0.13 |
| 2006 | 253 | #808 | 0.12 |
| 2005 | 295 | #699 | 0.15 |
| 2004 | 307 | #665 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 270 | #701 | 0.14 |
| 2002 | 342 | #598 | 0.18 |
| 2001 | 263 | #687 | 0.14 |
| 2000 | 344 | #582 | 0.18 |
| 1999 | 296 | #615 | 0.15 |
| 1998 | 303 | #607 | 0.16 |
| 1997 | 274 | #630 | 0.15 |
| 1996 | 296 | #603 | 0.16 |
| 1995 | 313 | #578 | 0.16 |
| 1994 | 323 | #571 | 0.17 |
| 1993 | 338 | #551 | 0.17 |
| 1992 | 336 | #558 | 0.17 |
| 1991 | 374 | #515 | 0.19 |
| 1990 | 322 | #566 | 0.16 |
| 1989 | 325 | #535 | 0.16 |
| 1988 | 374 | #476 | 0.20 |
| 1987 | 354 | #471 | 0.19 |
| 1986 | 319 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1985 | 344 | #466 | 0.19 |
| 1984 | 298 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1983 | 312 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1982 | 360 | #451 | 0.20 |
| 1981 | 335 | #452 | 0.19 |
| 1980 | 368 | #427 | 0.21 |
| 1979 | 350 | #429 | 0.20 |
| 1978 | 345 | #427 | 0.21 |
| 1977 | 354 | #420 | 0.22 |
| 1976 | 363 | #407 | 0.23 |
| 1975 | 402 | #390 | 0.26 |
| 1974 | 390 | #393 | 0.25 |
| 1973 | 399 | #388 | 0.26 |
| 1972 | 424 | #382 | 0.26 |
| 1971 | 473 | #371 | 0.27 |
| 1970 | 515 | #360 | 0.28 |
| 1969 | 506 | #355 | 0.28 |
| 1968 | 533 | #331 | 0.31 |
| 1967 | 512 | #330 | 0.29 |
| 1966 | 519 | #332 | 0.29 |
| 1965 | 568 | #320 | 0.31 |
| 1964 | 548 | #334 | 0.28 |
| 1963 | 565 | #331 | 0.28 |
| 1962 | 605 | #318 | 0.29 |
| 1961 | 561 | #332 | 0.26 |
| 1960 | 588 | #322 | 0.28 |
| 1959 | 585 | #321 | 0.27 |
| 1958 | 553 | #327 | 0.26 |
| 1957 | 607 | #309 | 0.28 |
| 1956 | 611 | #302 | 0.29 |
| 1955 | 671 | #275 | 0.33 |
| 1954 | 638 | #279 | 0.31 |
| 1953 | 619 | #283 | 0.31 |
| 1952 | 594 | #286 | 0.31 |
| 1951 | 595 | #278 | 0.32 |
| 1950 | 617 | #263 | 0.34 |
| 1949 | 608 | #266 | 0.34 |
| 1948 | 586 | #277 | 0.33 |
| 1947 | 594 | #284 | 0.32 |
| 1946 | 504 | #288 | 0.31 |
| 1945 | 474 | #275 | 0.35 |
| 1944 | 534 | #250 | 0.39 |
| 1943 | 613 | #237 | 0.43 |
| 1942 | 597 | #233 | 0.43 |
| 1941 | 533 | #240 | 0.43 |
| 1940 | 533 | #231 | 0.46 |
| 1939 | 534 | #223 | 0.48 |
| 1938 | 529 | #226 | 0.48 |
| 1937 | 537 | #222 | 0.50 |
| 1936 | 575 | #208 | 0.55 |
| 1935 | 596 | #203 | 0.57 |
| 1934 | 639 | #195 | 0.62 |
| 1933 | 674 | #183 | 0.68 |
| 1932 | 751 | #181 | 0.72 |
| 1931 | 765 | #176 | 0.74 |
| 1930 | 882 | #167 | 0.80 |
| 1929 | 931 | #160 | 0.87 |
| 1928 | 963 | #158 | 0.87 |
| 1927 | 1,058 | #149 | 0.94 |
| 1926 | 995 | #158 | 0.90 |
| 1925 | 1,000 | #155 | 0.90 |
| 1924 | 1,025 | #157 | 0.90 |
| 1923 | 1,017 | #151 | 0.93 |
| 1922 | 1,005 | #154 | 0.92 |
| 1921 | 949 | #159 | 0.86 |
| 1920 | 911 | #156 | 0.86 |
| 1919 | 847 | #160 | 0.86 |
| 1918 | 908 | #155 | 0.90 |
| 1917 | 834 | #155 | 0.90 |
| 1916 | 819 | #150 | 0.92 |
| 1915 | 800 | #148 | 0.94 |
| 1914 | 635 | #148 | 1.0 |
| 1913 | 431 | #162 | 0.84 |
| 1912 | 374 | #158 | 0.87 |
| 1911 | 200 | #166 | 0.89 |
| 1910 | 128 | #203 | 0.66 |
| 1909 | 96 | #222 | 0.59 |
| 1908 | 95 | #215 | 0.62 |
| 1907 | 66 | #259 | 0.45 |
| 1906 | 64 | #248 | 0.48 |
| 1905 | 59 | #257 | 0.45 |
| 1904 | 51 | #268 | 0.40 |
| 1903 | 34 | #329 | 0.29 |
| 1902 | 27 | #387 | 0.22 |
| 1901 | 26 | #369 | 0.24 |
| 1900 | 22 | #512 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 17 | #474 | 0.16 |
| 1898 | 21 | #447 | 0.17 |
| 1897 | 9 | #777 | 0.08 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,241 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 8 | #858 | 0.07 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,059 | 0.05 |
| 1893 | 14 | #531 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 6 | #980 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 7 | #870 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,157 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Salvatore a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Salvatore has been given almost only to boys: 81 girls in 136 years of records.
Girls and boys named Salvatore: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Salvatore, and how old are they?
28,100 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 57,445 Americans ever recorded as Salvatore. The median Salvatore alive today is 50 years old; half are between 28 and 67.
The 2020 Census counted 33,417 people named Salvatore (32 women and girls, 33,385 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 29,990 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% above 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 | 1,980 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,420 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,180 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,060 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,300 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,140 |
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 Salvatore born?
The states with the most babies named Salvatore are New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with 71% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 27,076 | #291 | 5.6× |
| New Jersey | 6,882 | #262 | 4.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 4,197 | #519 | 1.1× |
| Massachusetts | 3,480 | #550 | 2.0× |
| Connecticut | 3,212 | #234 | 4.2× |
| Illinois | 2,225 | #1,118 | 0.7× |
| California | 1,631 | #2,172 | 0.4× |
| Michigan | 1,336 | #1,091 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 1,196 | #1,097 | 0.4× |
| Florida | 783 | #658 | 0.5× |
Where Salvatore is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Salvatore is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 5.6 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 Salvatore 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 Salvatore
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 Salvatore and names like it
- Compare Salvatore and VitoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sSalvatore peaked in 1927.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Salvatore since 1910.
- Italian namesWiktionary’s origin for Salvatore: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1927The year the most babies were named Salvatore.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Salvatore alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with SMost given first.