Sal
Sal is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 702nd, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1958114 births
- Best rank
- #702in 1958
- Since 1909
- 3,650people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,650 boys have been named Sal in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 114 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1960s alone account for 21%. It has spent 23 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Sal | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 8 | |
| 1910s | 158 | |
| 1920s | 274 | |
| 1930s | 405 | |
| 1940s | 529 | |
| 1950s | 531 | |
| 1960s | 759 | |
| 1970s | 328 | |
| 1980s | 203 | |
| 1990s | 211 | |
| 2000s | 123 | |
| 2010s | 65 | |
| 2020s | 56 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Sal was the 702nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1958 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Sal
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Curtisspeak 1959
- Wallypeak 1959
- Jamepeak 1957
- Kennethpeak 1957
- Rolfpeak 1960
- Darrelpeak 1960
- Teddypeak 1949
- Kennithpeak 1956
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.