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Saul

Pronounced /sɔːl/

Rank in 2024
#559
Born in 2024
529
Peak year
2006 · #298
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 529 boys were named Saul, about 1 in every 3,243.
  • It peaked in 2006 with 1,120 babies, ranked #298.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 42,751 boys have been named Saul since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Saul per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.2
    Greatest
  2. 0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.1
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.5
    Gen Z
  7. 0.3
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 3,545 babies, 0.21 per 1,000. Silent: 2,121 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,368 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 3,888 babies, 0.14 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,281 babies, 0.27 per 1,000. Gen Z: 15,553 babies, 0.50 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,770 babies, 0.31 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Borrowed from Old English Saul. Doublet of Silas, which derived from Aramaic.

  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/sɔːl/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Saul, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Sol

    Rank
    #1,135
    Born '24
    186
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19182024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Sahil

    Rank
    #2,440
    Born '24
    56
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20012024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Sal

    Rank
    #6,876
    Born '24
    12
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19582024