Salvador
A boys’ name of Latin origin, meaning savior; the savior.
How Salvador has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #633 |
| 2016 | #593 |
| 2017 | #671 |
| 2018 | #650 |
| 2019 | #649 |
| 2020 | #701 |
| 2021 | #727 |
| 2022 | #708 |
| 2023 | #701 |
| 2024 | #721 |
| 2025 | #756 |
Salvador by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Salvador. In the US, 374 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 921 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.
At its height, in 1995, about 1 in 2,300 American boys born that year was called Salvador.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Salvador. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Salvatoresavior or liberator236 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean salvation
Like Salvador, each of these has salvation in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Joshuathe Lord is salvation8,251 in the US (2017)
- Isaiahsalvation of the Lord7,170 in the US (2017)
- Jesusgod is salvation2,741 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- Josuegod is salvation; a form of Joshua1,532 in the US (2017)
- Ellisgod is my salvation; a form of Elias582 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Salvador
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