Salvador
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Savior.
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Salvador
Salvador is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin Salvator, from salvare, to save — making its meaning of savior a direct Latin derivation with deep Christian theological resonance. The name was borne by countless figures across the Catholic world as an act of devotion, particularly in Hispanic and Mediterranean communities where religious naming remained central to family tradition. Its theological gravity is matched by its phonetic richness: four syllables with a strong rolling l and an open final vowel that give it a commanding presence.
Among its notable bearers, painter Salvador Dali (born 1904) produced,, one of the most iconic Surrealist bodies of work in twentieth-century Western art history across a six-decade career. Politician Salvador Allende who is a Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as President of Chile from 1970 until his death in 1973 and was the first Marxist elected to lead a Latin American nation by popular vote. Dominican statesman Salvador Jorge Blanco, known as a lawyer, writer, and politician who served as the 49th President of the Dominican Republic from 1982 to 1986. And physician Salvador Mazza, known as an Argentine medical scientist whose field research transformed understanding of Chagas disease.
In SSA records, Salvador first entered the top-1000 in 2000, peaked at #329 in 2001, and has maintained continuous presence through 2024, recording 14,187 total top-1000 births. Recent figures show steady traction: #712 with 371 births in 2022, #702 with 379 births in 2023, and #721 with 364 births in 2024. Recorded variants include Chavo, Sal, and Salvatore.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Salvador
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Salvador by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2005 with 861 boys named Salvador (boy rank #345 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #756 for boys (341 US births). That's 411 places below its 2005 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Salvador Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Salvador the strongest states are California, New Mexico, Nevada.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #321 | 1,121 |
| 2 | New Mexico | #328 | 27 |
| 3 | Nevada | #484 | 46 |
| 4 | Texas | #485 | 600 |
| 5 | Kansas | #487 | 29 |
| 6 | Arizona | #503 | 132 |
| 7 | Illinois | #514 | 191 |
| 8 | Oregon | #523 | 46 |
| 9 | Washington | #583 | 117 |
| 10 | Florida | #633 | 202 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | #927 | 28 |
| 2 | North Carolina | #901 | 53 |
| 3 | Indiana | #819 | 28 |
| 4 | Georgia | #788 | 47 |
| 5 | Wisconsin | #712 | 20 |
| 6 | Colorado | #677 | 61 |
| 7 | Utah | #646 | 19 |
| 8 | Florida | #633 | 202 |
| 9 | Washington | #583 | 117 |
| 10 | Oregon | #523 | 46 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Salvador in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
Famous People Named Salvador
4 notable figures from history and culture who share the name Salvador.
- Salvador Allende was a former president of Chile.
- Salvador Dali — Painter (1904)
- Salvador Jorge Blanco is a famous politician and writer who belonged to the Dominican Republic.
- Salvador Mazza was an eminent Argentinean physician and epidemiologist.
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Compare Salvador to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Salvador against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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