Saul

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Saul: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Saul: Recorded since 1992, it reached #186 in 1999, and it stood at #278 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
81times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#186highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Saul's record

Moved 141 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#335
1997	#341
1998	#327
1999	#243
2000	#241
2001	#290
2002	#321
2003	#350
2004	#315
2005	#359
2006	#344
2007	#454
2008	#489
2009	#530
2010	#527
2011	#516
2012	#515
2013	#565
2014	#583
2015	#646
2016	#765
2017	#730
2018	#741
2019	#1001
2020	#993
2021	#871
2022	#1029
2023	#987
2024	#1402

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 24 of the 33 years from 1992 to 2024.

In 2024: #278 among boys in Northern Ireland, #352 among boys in Scotland, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1402 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1992–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1992
First recorded at #337 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1992 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #186 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1999 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1402 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Saul appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 1,898 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1992.

Saul across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Saul's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#337 (1992)	#249 (2002)	#655 (2024)	24 of 33	158 (1992–2024)	12 (2012)
England and Wales · Boys	#335 (1996)	#241 (2000)	#1402 (2024)	29 of 29	1,898 (1996–2024)	124 (1999)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#186 (1999)	#278 (2024)	27 of 28	188 (1997–2024)	12 (2017)

Saul by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Saul in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	339	4 of 10	85
2000sbusiest	873	10 of 10	87
2010s	546	10 of 10	55
2020s	140	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 87 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1998 and 1999, when recorded births rose by 50, from 74 to 124.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Saul appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #186 in Northern Ireland in 2017.

Saul's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#987	30	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1029	28	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#871	35	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#993	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#741	45	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#730	47	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#765	43	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#646	53	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#583	61	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#565	63	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#515	72	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#516	68	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#527	66	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#530	65	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#489	71	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#454	76	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#344	101	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#359	88	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#315	94	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#350	78	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#321	82	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#290	95	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#241	123	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#243	124	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#327	74	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#341	70	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#335	71	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#278	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#270	6	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#254	7	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#204	10	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#186	12	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#237	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#202	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#219	9	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#231	8	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#291	5	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#222	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#222	8	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#192	8	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#263	4	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#218	5	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#186	8	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#428	8	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#422	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#611	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#366	10	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	10	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#292	8	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#352	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1992 and 2024, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #186, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 124 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Saulius · #229, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lily-Mae · #186, 29y
Esmee · #185, 29y
Romeo · #185, 28y
Torin · #187, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Coen · #186, 24y
Courteney · #186, 15y
Deaglan · #186, 20y
Lily-Mae · #186, 29y

Saul was ranked #186 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1999. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Saul and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Saul without appearing here.

Saul moved ahead of

Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1001 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #993 and #1723.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #472 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #366 and #701.
Calum Compare
In 2017 they stood at #730 and #719 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #741 and #1040.
Gregory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #993 and #921 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #871 and #1078.

Moved ahead of Saul

Eoin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #987 and #1018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #945.
Kenneth Compare
In 2023 they stood at #987 and #1207 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #968.
Tadhg Compare
In 2018 they stood at #741 and #786 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1001 and #634.
Freddie Compare
In 2009 they stood at #366 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2010 that had become #611 and #269.

Moved the opposite way to Saul

Alex Compare
Between 1992 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Saul went from #337 to #655 while Alex went from #136 to #36.
Alexander Compare
Between 1992 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Saul went from #337 to #655 while Alexander went from #87 to #44.
Ben Compare
Between 1992 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Saul went from #337 to #655 while Ben went from #118 to #41.
Callum Compare
Between 1992 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Saul went from #337 to #655 while Callum went from #238 to #37.

Moved the same way as Saul

Adrian Compare
Between 1992 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Saul went from #337 to #655 and Adrian from #76 to #200.
Denis Compare
Between 1992 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Saul went from #337 to #655 and Denis from #91 to #195.
Edward Compare
Between 1992 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Saul went from #337 to #655 and Edward from #69 to #144.
Francis Compare
Between 1992 and 2024 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Saul went from #337 to #655 and Francis from #78 to #267.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1992 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #186 in Northern Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Saul

Saul at a glance

What stands out in Saul's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Saul across 3 official records

Saul by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Saul appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Saul and the names beside it

Saul moved ahead of

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Saul at a glance

What stands out in Saul's record

Saul across 3 official records

Saul by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Saul appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Saul

Saul and the names beside it

Saul moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Saul

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