first name
SALVADOR
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 80,151 people named Salvador, 95.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 2.2% as White and 1.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Salvador peaked in 1992, when 929 babies got the name.
At least 49,788 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Salvador by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #633. The largest share of babies named Salvador, 24.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Salvador is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Salvador has been most common in California (4.8×), New Mexico (3.9×), and Arizona (3×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.03×).
45,819 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Salvador
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Salvador, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Salvador ranks #2,638 of 156,621, with 13,352 people. See Salvador as a last name
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