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Saul

“Asked for” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #557 in the US (2025) · 2000s

Saul reached its best rank, #270, in 1997 and ranked #557 in 2025. Roughly 43,000 boys have been named Saul since 1880.

Around the world: #69 in Spain (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Sauls

• Saul Bellow — Canadian-American writer (1915–2005)
• Saul Perlmutter — American astrophysicist and Nobel laureate
• Saúl Ñíguez — Spanish association football player
• Saul Kripke — American philosopher and logician (1940–2022)
• Saúl Martínez — Honduran association football player

In stories & tradition

• Saul — Saul · Acts of the Apostles
• Saul Goodman — Breaking Bad · Better Call Saul
• Saul Tigh — Battlestar Galactica

What Sauls become

Among 455 notable people named Saul:

Business leaders appear 1.67× more often than among typical names — e.g. Saul Kent, American businessman and co-founder of the Life Extension Foundation.

Similar names: Moises · Shaun · Jake · Zachariah · Ariel · Seth

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