boys:
3.6k births since 1909
#2054 (55th percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1909
#4545 (41st percentile)
The name Sal is the #4,545 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,638 recorded births since 1909. This represents the 41.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,054 (55.2% percentile) for all time with 3,638 births since 1909.
Sal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1909 (first recorded for boys in 1909). Birth data for Sal is available in 112 out of the 115 years between 1909 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Sal reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 16.3% percentile (ranked #557) with 53 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 53 births per million (ranked 16.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Sal ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 9.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Sal".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Sal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.8% confident that Sal is pronounced as sal, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is sahl, at 12.2% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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