Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Sal

#2,157 most common boys' name of all time · #5,166 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1909–2025

Rank among boys
#2,157
Rank overall
#5,166 of 105,966
First appeared
1909
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
3,663
Since 2016
105
Peak year
1958 #702
Best rank
#702 1958
Girls Boys peak 114/yr
192019401960198020002020

Sal first appears in 1909. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 13 13 #6,475
2024 — 12 12 #6,860
2023 — 9 9 #8,311
2022 — 11 11 #7,283
2021 — 15 15 #5,789
2020 — 9 9 #8,117
2019 — 7 7 #9,816
2018 — 7 7 #9,728
2017 — 6 6 #10,870
2016 — 16 16 #5,581
2014 — 11 11 #7,088
2013 — 5 5 #12,229
2011 — 5 5 #12,377
2010 — 8 8 #8,857
2009 — 8 8 #9,040
2008 — 5 5 #12,668
2007 — 5 5 #12,478
2006 — 13 13 #6,125
2005 — 16 16 #5,056
2004 — 15 15 #5,275
2003 — 13 13 #5,587
2002 — 15 15 #4,943
2001 — 23 23 #3,627
2000 — 10 10 #6,366
1999 — 13 13 #5,065
1998 — 14 14 #4,679
1997 — 12 12 #4,996
1996 — 19 19 #3,568
1995 — 22 22 #3,113
1994 — 25 25 #2,865
1993 — 21 21 #3,163
1992 — 30 30 #2,420
1991 — 26 26 #2,620
1990 — 29 29 #2,390
1989 — 19 19 #3,123
1988 — 28 28 #2,217
1987 — 22 22 #2,490
1986 — 17 17 #2,919
1985 — 29 29 #1,987
1984 — 13 13 #3,305
1983 — 15 15 #2,953
1982 — 18 18 #2,619
1981 — 24 24 #2,157
1980 — 18 18 #2,641
1979 — 16 16 #2,802
1978 — 28 28 #1,843
1977 — 18 18 #2,489
1976 — 29 29 #1,766
1975 — 21 21 #2,154
1974 — 27 27 #1,760
1973 — 32 32 #1,535
1972 — 49 49 #1,171
1971 — 52 52 #1,147
1970 — 56 56 #1,096
1969 — 54 54 #1,058
1968 — 54 54 #1,013
1967 — 58 58 #952
1966 — 62 62 #930
1965 — 62 62 #937
1964 — 68 68 #927
1963 — 97 97 #777
1962 — 103 103 #755
1961 — 97 97 #779
1960 — 104 104 #759
1959 — 107 107 #741
1958 — 114 114 #702
1957 — 90 90 #793
1956 — 51 51 #1,067
1955 — 33 33 #1,331
1954 — 19 19 #1,801
1953 — 28 28 #1,448
1952 — 32 32 #1,340
1951 — 27 27 #1,455
1950 — 30 30 #1,327
1949 — 40 40 #1,121
1948 — 44 44 #1,076
1947 — 64 64 #875
1946 — 56 56 #888
1945 — 58 58 #829
1944 — 45 45 #971
1943 — 62 62 #844
1942 — 58 58 #864
1941 — 51 51 #897
1940 — 51 51 #892
1939 — 43 43 #974
1938 — 39 39 #1,040
1937 — 52 52 #855
1936 — 50 50 #871
1935 — 49 49 #914
1934 — 33 33 #1,166
1933 — 37 37 #1,093
1932 — 44 44 #1,003
1931 — 39 39 #1,099
1930 — 19 19 #1,732
1929 — 32 32 #1,264
1928 — 24 24 #1,560
1927 — 34 34 #1,262
1926 — 25 25 #1,503
1925 — 34 34 #1,244
1924 — 28 28 #1,445
1923 — 29 29 #1,381
1922 — 17 17 #2,005
1921 — 21 21 #1,750
1920 — 30 30 #1,343
1919 — 26 26 #1,445
1918 — 22 22 #1,635
1917 — 22 22 #1,577
1916 — 14 14 #2,112
1915 — 21 21 #1,539
1914 — 16 16 #1,598
1913 — 12 12 #1,655
1912 — 15 15 #1,264
1911 — 10 10 #1,187
1909 — 8 8 #1,154