Salvador

“Savior” — Latin via Spanish/Portuguese origin

Boy's name · #756 in the US (2025) · 90s

Salvador reached #289 in 1990 and has eased to #756 since. About 50,000 boys have carried it since 1888. Across the West it runs about twice its national rate. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the South in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the West today. Sal is a short form of Salvador.

Around the world: #17 in Portugal (2023).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 21 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Salvadors

Salvador Dalí — Spanish artist (1904–1989)
Salvador Allende — 28th president of Chile (1908–1973)
Salvador Sobral — Portuguese singer
Salvador Luria — Italian American microbiologist (1912–1991)
Salvador Sánchez Cerén — president of El Salvador (2014–2019)

In stories & tradition

Salvador Monsalud — Episodios Nacionales · El equipaje del rey José

What Salvadors become

Among 1,337 notable people named Salvador:

Political leaders appear 1.78× more often than among typical names — e.g. Salvador Allende, 28th president of Chile (1908–1973).

Similar names: Julio · Salvatore · Gerardo · Guillermo · Armando · Rogelio

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