Sal
About Sal
The sidekick in almost every movie or TV show with an Italo-American setting, this once common name has now fallen onto the endangered list, given to fewer than 50 baby boys each year.
Pronounced SAL.
As of October 2026, Sal ranked #6735 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #702 in 1958.
Editor's take: The name Sal is a boy's name of English origin meaning "savior".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Sal on lists
Famous Sals
- Sal Viscuso
American actor
- Salvatore "Sal" Zizzo
American soccer player
- Salvatore "Sal" Mineo
American actor
- Silvio "Sal" Buscema
American comic book artist
- Salvatore Joseph "Sal" Marchiano
American sportscaster
- Salvatore "Sal" Iacono
American comedian
- Sal Valentino (born Salvatore Willard Spampinato)
American musician of The Beau Brummels
- Salvatore Edward Anthony "Sal" Vulcano Jr.
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Sal in pop culture
- Sal Romano
character on TV's "Mad Men"
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character in "On the Road"
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character in "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
- Sal Manella
character in "Ace Attorney" game series
- Sal
character on animated series "Futurama"
- Sal Minella
Muppet chimpanzee
- Sal
alias of Big Pussy Bonpensiero on TV's The Sopranos
- Salvatore "Sal" Maroni
character in Batman comics
- Salvatore "Sal" Tessio
character in The Godfather series
- SAL 9000
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- Sal "Sally Face"
main playable character in the dark adventure video game "Sally Face"