Saulo

#4,020 in 2025Boys' name

English equivalent of Saul

Saulo has been given to 692 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #4,020 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 28 recorded.

Babies named Saulo, 2025

1 in 123,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Saulo: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Saul

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Saulo means

Saulo is a English equivalent of Saul.

Origin, language, and formation

Saulo is used in Portuguese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Saul.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Saulo is pronounced /ˈsaw.lu/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 692 boys were recorded with the name Saulo between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 2013; its best national rank was #3,504 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,407 in 2020 to #4,020 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,248 in 2015 to #4,020 in 2025.

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 Saulo?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 123,000; 27 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 63,300; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #4,020; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 85,108 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Saulo 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 2025 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 85,108 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Saulo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Saulos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Saulo was born before 2006 — so the typical Saulo is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 27.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 65.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 692; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 27.0% of all recorded uses (187).

Is Saulo 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: +2,394; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,387; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,228; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.93×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 96.4%; Peak was 2013 (28)
Years since peak: 12; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 42.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,504; 2003

Spellings of Saulo

Saulo is not the most common spelling — Paul is, with 84.3% against Saulo's 0.04%.

Paul84.3%1,398,293
Raul5.3%88,040
Pablo3.0%50,370
Saul2.6%43,288
Arlo1.5%24,245
Carlo0.96%15,920
Mauro0.40%6,644
Paulo0.30%5,031

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.

Where Saulo is used

Across 1910–2025, Saulo was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 172,450 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 100,000
2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Saulo has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Saulo by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #4,020
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,387
Best rank ever: #3,504; 2003
Peak year: 2013; 28 that year
First recorded: 1969
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 692
Count in 2025: 27

Names similar to Saulo

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

Saud Romulo Saurav Paulo Sulo Saunders Saul Saurabh Sauel Saugat Castulo Sauyer Saurya Saun Saumil Saulius Teodulo Saurish Saundra Saumya Regulo Sauvage Joaopaulo

Sibling names for Saulo

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

Kendyl Leigha Anabel Adelle Karleigh Jaylen Cailyn Elin

For a brother

Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Jamarcus Nevin Caesar Hamilton

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