Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Savior comes from English, and ultimately from English.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Savior through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 773
- 753 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 100 babies
- 2025
- 83
- #1,901 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +131%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 83 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,901 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 117.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 358 as a first name in 2020; 202 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Savior’s family of names
In English usage, Savior shares an earlier linguistic root with Salvador.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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