# Salvador (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/salvador/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | “savior”, “to save”, “holy savior” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsælvədɔɹ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 49,788 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 49,605 / 183 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 323, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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). In Spanish placenames, frequently a clipping of Spanish San Salvador (“Holy Savior”). Doublet of savior, Salvator, and Salvatore.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 6 | 10,100 |
| 1983 | 9 | 7,152 |
| 1984 | 6 | 10,086 |
| 1985 | 7 | 9,062 |
| 1986 | 8 | 8,328 |
| 1987 | 13 | 5,865 |
| 1988 | 6 | 11,444 |
| 1989 | 9 | 8,597 |
| 1990 | 10 | 8,375 |
| 1991 | 9 | 9,186 |
| 1992 | 7 | 11,444 |
| 1993 | 6 | 13,094 |
| 1994 | 10 | 8,650 |
| 1995 | 8 | 10,310 |
| 2000 | 5 | 17,084 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 478 | 532 |
| 2012 | 472 | 552 |
| 2013 | 437 | 584 |
| 2014 | 449 | 602 |
| 2015 | 422 | 634 |
| 2016 | 457 | 593 |
| 2017 | 379 | 669 |
| 2018 | 395 | 650 |
| 2019 | 415 | 648 |
| 2020 | 362 | 701 |
| 2021 | 355 | 728 |
| 2022 | 371 | 712 |
| 2023 | 380 | 701 |
| 2024 | 367 | 719 |
| 2025 | 341 | 756 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,187 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,247 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,492 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,314 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 薩爾瓦多 /萨尔瓦多
- Hindi: साल्बादोर
- Italian: Salvatore
- Portuguese: Salvador
- Spanish: Salvador

## People named Salvador

- Salvador Allende, 28th president of Chile (1908–1973)
- Salvador Espriu, Catalan writer (1913–1985)
- Salvador Nasralla, First Vice President of Honduras from 2022 to 2024
- Salvador Moncada, British pharmacologist (1944-)
- Salvador Seguí, Catalan anarchist (1887-1923)
- Salvador Minuchin, Argentine psychotherapist (1921–2017)
- Salvador of Horta, Franciscan friar and saint (1520-1567)
- Salvador Brotons i Soler, Catalan composer, flutist and conductor
- Salvador Cisneros Betancourt, Cuban politician; 2nd (wartime) President of Cuba (1828-1914)
- Salvador Lazo, Filipino traditionalist Catholic bishop (1918–2000)
- Salvador Miranda, American bibliographer, librarian and historian (1939-2024)
- Salvador Alonso, Argentine chess player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.