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How popular is the name Saul?
Births per year, rank history and how many Sauls are alive today.
Saul (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1035th in 2025 and given to 29 babies. The name peaked in 1999, when 124 babies were given the name, the 243rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 23% of its peak.
The Saul you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old. Half of all Sauls born in England and Wales are between 15 and 29, and there are at least 2,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Saul - on average, only one in every 127 such rooms contains a Saul.
How many babies are named Saul each year?
Where does Saul rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Saul most popular?
Saul peaked in 1999, when 124 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Saul?
At least 2,400 people named Saul born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Saul?
Most living Sauls are between 15 and 29; the most common age is about 26.
Is Saul becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak.