Saul
Saul is ranked 559th among boys in 2024 (529 births). Its best rank was 270th, in 1997.
- Rank in 2024
- #559up 9 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 5290.03% of boys
- Peak year
- 20061,120 births
- Best rank
- #270in 1997
- Since 1880
- 42,751people given the name
The story in the numbers
42,751 boys have been named Saul in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 1,120 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 450 → 559).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1997, and the 2000s alone account for 25%. It has spent 141 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Saul | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 87 | |
| 1890s | 115 | |
| 1900s | 245 | |
| 1910s | 1,662 | |
| 1920s | 1,996 | |
| 1930s | 1,233 | |
| 1940s | 973 | |
| 1950s | 1,241 | |
| 1960s | 1,520 | |
| 1970s | 2,713 | |
| 1980s | 4,107 | |
| 1990s | 7,388 | |
| 2000s | 10,535 | |
| 2010s | 6,314 | |
| 2020s | 2,622 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Saul was the 298th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2006 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Ethan and Matthew. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Saul
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nathanielpeak 2002
- Grantpeak 1997
- Ivanpeak 2004
- Pablopeak 2006
- Prestonpeak 2007
- Davispeak 2007
- Dominickpeak 2003
- Ishmaelpeak 2017
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.