Salathiel

Boys' name

Form of Shealtiel

Salathiel has been given to 64 babies in the U.S. since 1976. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1976, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Salathiel, 2009

1 in 764,000

Salathiel over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Salathiel: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Shealtiel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Salathiel means

Salathiel is a form of Shealtiel.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Salathiel is used in Biblical and Biblical Greek.

Another recorded pronunciation is /sə.ˈlɑː.θi.əl/ for Salathiel.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Shealtiel.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 64 boys were recorded with the name Salathiel between 1976 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1976; its best national rank was #2,926 in 1976.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Salathiel?

Salathiel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2009, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2009: 1 in 764,000; 5 of 3,820,315 births
Among boys only: 1 in 397,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2009: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 529,609 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Salathiel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2009 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 529,609 children born in 2009 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Salathiel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Salathiels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Salathiel was born before 1989 — so the typical Salathiel is around 36 today.

Median birth year: 1989; About 36 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 39.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 53.1%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 64; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 39.1% of all recorded uses (25).

Is Salathiel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1976 (14)
Years since peak: 49; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 17.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,926; 1976

Salathiel around the world

Where Salathiel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
2013–2013
#754
in 2013

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Salathiel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,926; 1976
Peak year: 1976; 14 that year
First recorded: 1976
Last recorded: 2009
All-time count: 64
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Salathiel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Salatiel Salahudin Salahuddin Jandriel Salvotore Yekusiel Jathaniel Kendriel Hezekiel Jayziel Yassiel Gadriel Amenadiel Yandriel Jaydiel Jozhiel Jahsiel Salmaan Josedaniel Lethaniel Sabriel Jessiel Jahmiel Jathniel

Sibling names for Salathiel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Chanda Jason Cary Kevin Karie Brandee Tamar Kisha

For a brother

Andrea Jamey Torrey Federico Giuseppe Abdul Tory Aric

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