Salvador
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAL-va-dor
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #754 for boys
Salvador is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “saviour”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 754th for boys in the US (341 babies).
What does Salvador mean?
Latin: Spanish, from Latin salvator
“saviour”
Spanish for saviour, a title of Jesus; the painter Salvador Dalí is its most famous bearer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Salvador a girl's or a boy's name?
Salvador is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 341 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Salvador in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Salvador, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Salvador in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Salvador in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,364 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,462 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,362 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,268 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
How popular is Salvador in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 754th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 341 about 1 in 5,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 341 boys in the US were named Salvador, making it the 754th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 701st. Its busiest year was 1992, with 922 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
2025 had fewer boys named Salvador than any year since 1968.
Half of all the boys named Salvador in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Salvador in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 341 | #754 |
| 2024 | 367 | #719 |
| 2023 | 380 | #699 |
| 2022 | 371 | #711 |
| 2021 | 355 | #727 |
| 2020 | 362 | #701 |
| 2019 | 415 | #648 |
| 2018 | 395 | #649 |
| 2017 | 379 | #668 |
| 2016 | 457 | #593 |
| 2015 | 422 | #633 |
| 2014 | 449 | #602 |
| 2013 | 437 | #584 |
| 2012 | 472 | #552 |
| 2011 | 478 | #531 |
| 2010 | 582 | #458 |
| 2009 | 682 | #424 |
| 2008 | 662 | #435 |
| 2007 | 718 | #405 |
| 2006 | 767 | #390 |
| 2005 | 861 | #344 |
| 2004 | 830 | #342 |
| 2003 | 853 | #336 |
| 2002 | 799 | #344 |
| 2001 | 848 | #327 |
| 2000 | 852 | #330 |
| 1999 | 769 | #347 |
| 1998 | 814 | #331 |
| 1997 | 815 | #322 |
| 1996 | 871 | #302 |
| 1995 | 863 | #305 |
| 1994 | 896 | #300 |
| 1993 | 905 | #302 |
| 1992 | 922 | #291 |
| 1991 | 884 | #292 |
| 1990 | 869 | #289 |
| 1989 | 802 | #301 |
| 1988 | 663 | #325 |
| 1987 | 655 | #322 |
| 1986 | 642 | #316 |
| 1985 | 617 | #324 |
| 1984 | 632 | #308 |
| 1983 | 618 | #315 |
| 1982 | 697 | #291 |
| 1981 | 674 | #294 |
| 1980 | 652 | #303 |
| 1979 | 629 | #310 |
| 1978 | 572 | #311 |
| 1977 | 602 | #313 |
| 1976 | 560 | #314 |
| 1975 | 560 | #320 |
| 1974 | 518 | #336 |
| 1973 | 426 | #371 |
| 1972 | 451 | #370 |
| 1971 | 441 | #382 |
| 1970 | 405 | #400 |
| 1969 | 369 | #414 |
| 1968 | 334 | #419 |
| 1967 | 315 | #427 |
| 1966 | 294 | #447 |
| 1965 | 316 | #435 |
| 1964 | 303 | #455 |
| 1963 | 317 | #446 |
| 1962 | 287 | #471 |
| 1961 | 344 | #428 |
| 1960 | 337 | #437 |
| 1959 | 324 | #442 |
| 1958 | 317 | #439 |
| 1957 | 325 | #428 |
| 1956 | 313 | #426 |
| 1955 | 327 | #402 |
| 1954 | 306 | #410 |
| 1953 | 330 | #381 |
| 1952 | 326 | #378 |
| 1951 | 332 | #373 |
| 1950 | 336 | #368 |
| 1949 | 321 | #375 |
| 1948 | 285 | #404 |
| 1947 | 273 | #413 |
| 1946 | 277 | #392 |
| 1945 | 258 | #374 |
| 1944 | 241 | #387 |
| 1943 | 205 | #439 |
| 1942 | 233 | #397 |
| 1941 | 213 | #396 |
| 1940 | 208 | #397 |
| 1939 | 189 | #414 |
| 1938 | 183 | #420 |
| 1937 | 142 | #477 |
| 1936 | 191 | #397 |
| 1935 | 166 | #442 |
| 1934 | 179 | #417 |
| 1933 | 195 | #392 |
| 1932 | 227 | #369 |
| 1931 | 263 | #336 |
| 1930 | 295 | #322 |
| 1929 | 296 | #321 |
| 1928 | 296 | #328 |
| 1927 | 282 | #347 |
| 1926 | 268 | #355 |
| 1925 | 295 | #336 |
| 1924 | 283 | #351 |
| 1923 | 255 | #375 |
| 1922 | 232 | #395 |
| 1921 | 218 | #411 |
| 1920 | 202 | #417 |
| 1919 | 178 | #443 |
| 1918 | 133 | #519 |
| 1917 | 124 | #518 |
| 1916 | 133 | #494 |
| 1915 | 102 | #558 |
| 1914 | 72 | #591 |
| 1913 | 55 | #592 |
| 1912 | 31 | #783 |
| 1911 | 23 | #644 |
| 1910 | 24 | #582 |
| 1909 | 19 | #615 |
| 1908 | 17 | #632 |
| 1907 | 21 | #511 |
| 1906 | 16 | #590 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 9 | #783 |
| 1902 | 11 | #686 |
| 1901 | 7 | #857 |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,001 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
Names like Salvador
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Victor, Vincent, Hector, Spencer, Lorenzo, Romeo, Cruz, Roman, Sonny, Marco, Xavier, Santiago
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Salvador: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/salvador, updated 20 October 2026.