Saul Boy
How popular is Saul?
#557 boy name in 2025
535 baby boys were named Saul in the US in 2025, making it the 557th most popular boy name.
Saul popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #557 for boys (▲ 2 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 535 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-10% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #494 in 2015, #575 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (1,120 boys) |
| Highest rank | #270 in 1997 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Saul counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Saul family of names ranked #503 for boys in 2025 (#515 the year before), with 588 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Saul | 535 | 91% |
| Sael | 53 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Saul is most popular
Babies named Saul per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 1.1 per 1,000 (35 boys)
- Nevada: 0.7 per 1,000 (42 boys)
- Texas: 0.7 per 1,000 (648 boys)
- Arizona: 0.7 per 1,000 (113 boys)
- California: 0.6 per 1,000 (594 boys)
Saul by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 87 | #416 |
| 1890s | 115 | #457 |
| 1900s | 245 | #371 |
| 1910s | 1,662 | #337 |
| 1920s | 1,996 | #397 |
| 1930s | 1,233 | #485 |
| 1940s | 972 | #609 |
| 1950s | 1,241 | #618 |
| 1960s | 1,519 | #563 |
| 1970s | 2,712 | #426 |
| 1980s | 4,109 | #401 |
| 1990s | 7,388 | #270 |
| 2000s | 10,535 | #278 |
| 2010s | 6,315 | #379 |
| 2020s | 3,159 | #512 |
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Questions
- Is Saul a boy or girl name?
- Saul is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Saul were boys.
- How popular is the name Saul?
- 535 baby boys were named Saul in the US in 2025, making it the 557th most popular boy name.
- When was Saul most popular?
- Saul peaked in 2006, when 1,120 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #270 in 1997.
- How many people are named Saul?
- 43,362 babies have been named Saul in the US since 1880. We estimate about 36,227 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Saul most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Saul was most common in New Mexico, at 1.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.