How Many People Are Named Sal?
people named Sal are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 153,335 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,663 babies named Sal in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
114 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of SALLY, SALVADOR, and other names beginning with Sal.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Sal in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Sal alive today is about 54 years old, and 49% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 40 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Sal first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 1958, to 114 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Sal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #701, in 1958. In 2025 it ranked #6,731.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,731 |
| Best rank | #701 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #864 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Sal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sal were born in New York than in any other state: about 666 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sal was given 7 times as often in New York, 3.7 times in California and 2.8 times in New Jersey.
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