Salvador is a masculine given name of Latin origin, derived from the word 'salve', which means 'safe' or 'healthy'. The name Salvador is composed of two parts: 'salvus', meaning 'saved', and '-or', a suffix that indicates an agent noun, hence the meaning of the name is 'savior'.
The name Salvador has been popular throughout history, with several notable figures bearing this name. One of the most famous was Salvador Dali, the renowned Spanish surrealist painter known for his eccentric personality and thought-provoking artwork.
In literature, the name Salvador is also significant. In Gabriel García Márquez's novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude", the protagonist José Arcadio Buendía has a son named Aureliano, who later changes his name to Salvador in honor of his father's friend who raised him after his father's disappearance.
Despite its historical and cultural significance, the name Salvador is not as commonly used today. According to data from the Social Security Administration, it has never been among the top 1000 most popular boy names in the United States. Nevertheless, it remains a distinctive and meaningful name with a rich history behind it.
The statistics provided show the annual number of births for the name Salvador in the United States from 1930 to 2000.
From 1930 to 1976, the number of births per year ranged between 5 and 8. However, there was a significant increase in the mid-1980s, with a peak of 13 births in 1987. This high point was followed by another spike in births in the early to mid-1990s, with 10 births each year from 1994 to 1995.
Overall, over this 70-year period, there were a total of 183 births for the name Salvador in the United States. This shows that while the popularity of the name varied throughout the decades, it remained relatively consistent overall.