Salatiel

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Salatiel has been given to 39 babies in the U.S. since 1997. 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 2009, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Salatiel, 2024

1 in 557,000

Salatiel 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Salatiel: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Salatiel means

Salatiel is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Salatiel is used in Spanish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Salatiel is pronounced /salaˈtjel/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 39 boys were recorded with the name Salatiel between 1997 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 9 in 2009; its best national rank was #8,866 in 2009.

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.

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How common is Salatiel?

Salatiel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024: 1 in 557,000; 6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 386,177 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Salatiel 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 2024 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 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Salatiel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Salatiels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Salatiel was born before 2007 — so the typical Salatiel is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 59.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 74.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 39; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 59.0% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Salatiel 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 2009 (9)
Years since peak: 16; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #8,866; 2009

Spellings of Salatiel

Salatiel is not the most common spelling — Santiel is, with 94.1% against Salatiel's 5.9%.

Santiel94.1%626
Salatiel5.9%39

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Salatiel 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: #8,866; 2009
Peak year: 2009; 9 that year
First recorded: 1997
Last recorded: 2024
All-time count: 39
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Salatiel

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

Salathiel Salahudin Hezekiel Jandriel Jetziel Abdriel Jhoniel Yekusiel Jeremiel Sabdiel Jessiel Jahriel Sabriel Hassiel Salvotore Ashriel Jozhiel Jahsiel Yahziel Kendriel Gadriel Jayziel Salix Yassiel

Sibling names for Salatiel

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

Diya Gisele Maliah Cailyn Dalila Kylah Ireland Mariyah

For a brother

Aaden Chace Teagan Konner Jovani Braiden Draven Jerimiah

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