Salvador

What Salvador means

Means “savior”

From Spanish and Portuguese Salvador, chiefly various placenames honoring Jesus Christ, from Spanish and Portuguese salvador (“savior”), from Latin salvator, from salvāre (“to save”) + -tor (forming agent nouns).

Source: Wiktionary, “Salvador” (revision 93487600), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Salvador?

US: Falling: down from #633 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1327 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1994, when 896 boys got the name (#300 that year). First in the US records in 1888.

How common

• About 1 in 5,009 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 16,996 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in OR (0.66 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.48 per 1,000 boys), IL (0.44 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Salvador is #754 in the US and #1613 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Salvador were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Salvatore249 US · 5 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Salvador

Boys

• Jaime#657Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1980, with 1,462 babies; 420 in 2025
• Francisco#322Same root as Francis, meaning “Frankish (man); a Frank”^*
• Pedro#455“stone, rock”^*
• Raul#634Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2000, with 1,519 babies; 440 in 2025
• Alberto#819Spanish and Italian form of Albert, meaning “noble + bright, famous”^*
• Jose#95Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*

For a sister

• Alejandra#604Same root as Alexandra, meaning “to defend + man”^*
• Angelica#707Italian, meaning “angelic”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Bianca#500Form of Blanche, meaning “white”^*
• Ana#245Editor’s note Down from #211 in 2015 to #245 in 2025 in the US
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Salvador’s. Rank is US 2025.