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Salvador

A name meaning "saviour".

PronunciationSpanish /sal.βa.ˈðoɾ/; European Portuguese /saɫ.vɐ.ˈdoɾ/; Brazilian Portuguese /saw.va.ˈdoh/; Catalan /səɫ.βə.ˈðo/
Usage languagesCatalan, Portuguese, Spanish
US rank (2025)#754

Meaning and history

Salvador is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Catalan form of the Late Latin name Salvator, meaning “saviour” and referring to Jesus. A notable bearer was the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí (1904–1989).

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 767 births, rank #390
2007: 718 births, rank #405
2008: 662 births, rank #435
2009: 682 births, rank #424
2010: 582 births, rank #458
20112011: 478 births, rank #531
2012: 472 births, rank #552
2013: 437 births, rank #584
2014: 449 births, rank #602
2015: 422 births, rank #633
20162016: 457 births, rank #593
2017: 379 births, rank #668
2018: 395 births, rank #649
2019: 415 births, rank #648
2020: 362 births, rank #701
20212021: 355 births, rank #727
2022: 371 births, rank #711
2023: 380 births, rank #699
2024: 367 births, rank #719
20252025: 341 births, rank #754

Salvador moved from #719 to #756 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1992, with 922 births.