Sal
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning salt; or short form of Salvatore.
Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Sal by the numbers
Sal was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 114 babies in 1958, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sal. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.