How Many People Are Named Salvador?
people named Salvador are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,531 people in the US has this name
Based on 49,788 babies named Salvador in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
929 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish form of the Late Latin name Salvator, which meant "saviour". A famous bearer of this name was the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí (1904-1989).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Salvador (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Salvador alive today is about 35 years old, and 44% are under 30. Half of them were between 20 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Salvador first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1992, to 929 babies. In 2025, 341 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Salvador has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #289, in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #756.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #756 |
| Best rank | #289 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #313 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Salvador alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Salvador were born in California than in any other state: about 19,235 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Salvador was given 4.3 times as often in California, 3.6 times in New Mexico and 2.8 times in Texas.
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