Salud
Salud is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Salud
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Salud is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Salud
As a girl name
American parents first put Salud on the record books as a girl name in 1976, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1976, when 5 Saluds were born — ranking #9,284 that year. Salud last appeared in the published SSA data in 1976, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Salud first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2006, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2006: 5 births, good for #12,053 nationwide. Salud last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Names that sound like Salud
Phonetically similar names — useful when Salud is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Salute
- Solute
- Sullied
- Salade
- Solut
- Sillouette
- Silhoutte
- Siloutte
- Solid
- Salad
- Seclude
- Ceilidh
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Salud
Salud is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1976 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Salud's peak popularity came in 1976 when it ranked #9,284. Use the chart and map above to compare Salud's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.