first name
SAUL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 51,866 people named Saul, 89.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% as White and 1.6% as Black. 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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Saul peaked in 2006, when 1,120 babies got the name.
At least 43,362 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Saul by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #611. The largest share of babies named Saul, 35.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Saul is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Saul has been most common in Nevada (3.1×), California (3.1×), and Texas (2.8×), and least common in Iowa (0.08×).
38,425 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 Saul
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Saul, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Saul ranks #4,974 of 156,621, with 6,843 people. See Saul as a last name
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