Saint

#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #267 for boys in 2025, 1,286 births
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 1,286 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
7,288
since 1896

Saint over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Saint has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202024boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,41023#2671,286
2024#4,29433#2821,200
2023#5,54922#3141,061
2022#4,79328#359917
2021#6,17419#454670
2020#9,54610#571488
2019#8,59712#735328
2018#11,4278#857257
2017#1,287141
2016#1,484115
2015#2,91940
2014#3,29733
2013#4,31322
2012#3,29733
2011#4,22123
2010#4,51721
2009#4,27823
2008#6,39313
2007#5,43416
2006#5,07217
2005#6,22612
2004#4,60218
2003#7,8318
2002#9,3926
2001#9,2436
2000#6,31610
1999#9,9125
1998#5,46611
1997
1996#9,0155
1995
1994
1993#6,2288
1992
1991#5,5219
1990
1989#6,2297
1988#6,4266
1987
1986
1985#5,1477
1984#5,5616
1983#6,2385
1982
1981#6,2625
1980
1979#6,0565
1978#4,1578
1977#5,8455
1976
1975
1974#3,8378
1973#4,0547
1972
1971
1970
1969#3,5957
1968
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961#4,0655
1960
1959#3,9885
1958#2,8189
1957#3,2577
1956
1955#2,43511
1954#3,4526
1953#2,7099
1952#2,6809
1951
1950#2,32111
1949#3,2986
1948#2,44310
1947#2,8628
1946
1945#2,9966
1944
1943#2,9647
1942#2,5239
1941#1,99713
1940#2,8717
1939#4,2505#3,1136
1938#2,8687
1937#3,5185
1936#3,1476
1935#4,2045#3,6455
1934#2,39310
1933#2,7388
1932#3,3616
1931#3,7635
1930#3,5926
1929
1928#2,65910
1927#3,4517
1926#4,2015
1925#2,19314
1924#2,47312
1923#2,02016
1922#3,0149
1921#1,64822
1920#1,64222
1919#2,8779
1918#1,99816
1917#2,09114
1916#3,9196#2,54310
1915#3,7956#2,18412
1914#3,1886#2,4578
1913
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907#1,3455
1906
1905
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#8527
1896#72210
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891#1,3325
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886
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1884
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1881
1880
First appearance
1896

The first year at least five boys were named Saint! It came in at #722, and was given to 10 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1898–1913, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 15 spots since 2024 (#282#267)
  • 304 spots since 2020 (#571#267)
  • 2,652 spots since 2015 (#2,919#267)
  • Biggest jump: 430 spots in 2018 (#1,287#857)
  • Biggest drop: 130 spots in 1897 (#722#852)
Rise & fade · boys
129 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1896
  • Peaked 2025 at #267 (1,286 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,328
  • Highest: 1 in 1,328 boys born in 2025 were named Saint (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 77.1% of all boys named Saint (5,622) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s17#722 (1896)#787
1900s5#1,345 (1907)#1,345
1910s69#1,998 (1918)#2,358
1920s117#1,642 (1920)#2,589
1930s64#2,393 (1934)#3,214
1940s66#1,997 (1941)#2,744
1950s67#2,321 (1950)#2,958
1960s12#3,595 (1969)#3,830
1970s33#3,837 (1974)#4,790
1980s36#5,147 (1985)#5,977
1990s38#5,466 (1998)#7,228
2000s129#4,278 (2009)#6,479
2010s1,013#735 (2019)#2,693
2020s5,622#267 (2025)#375

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Saint in 2024

girls
#4,294
33 births · 1 in 49,097 girls
boys
#282
1,200 births · 1 in 1,436 boys

Top girls' names in 2024

  1. #1Olivia14,772
  2. #2Emma13,524
  3. #3Amelia12,786
  4. #4Charlotte12,597
  5. #5Mia12,149
  6. #6Sophia12,126
  7. #7Isabella10,810
  8. #8Evelyn9,146
  9. #9Ava8,700
  10. #10Sofia8,113
  11. #4,294Saint33

Top boys' names in 2024

  1. #1Liam22,252
  2. #2Noah20,409
  3. #3Oliver15,396
  4. #4Theodore12,069
  5. #5James11,856
  6. #6Henry11,596
  7. #7Mateo11,349
  8. #8Elijah11,238
  9. #9Lucas10,743
  10. #10William10,647
  11. #282Saint1,200
More about 2024

girls

1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 49,097 of them was named Saint, which outranked 75.8% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Saint
  1. #4,207Xoey34
  2. #4,207Yelitza34
  3. #4,207Zlata34
  4. #4,294Saint33
  5. #4,294Abiha33
  6. #4,294Akemi33
  7. #4,294Aline33
  8. #4,387Acelyn32
  9. #4,387Ainoha32
  10. #4,387Airi32

Tied with 92 names at #4,294; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. 756Ailany#857#101
  2. 439Aylani#1,001#562
  3. 426Marjorie#1,248#822
  4. 414Scottie#616#202
  5. 365Elodie#737#372
Fallers
  1. 605Emryn#887#1,492
  2. 307Zhuri#862#1,169
  3. 301Layne#974#1,275
  4. 273Alitzel#876#1,149
  5. 267Aleyna#964#1,231

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 1,436 of them was named Saint, which outranked 98.0% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Saint
  1. #279Kaleb1,225
  2. #280Tobias1,220
  3. #281Holden1,209
  4. #282Saint1,200
  5. #283Romeo1,191
  6. #284Kenneth1,190
  7. #285Jorge1,185
Biggest movers since 2023
Risers
  1. 9,833Truce#10,821#988
  2. 1,201Colsen#1,832#631
  3. 616Bryer#1,485#869
  4. 470Halo#1,458#988
  5. 348Azaiah#1,230#882
Fallers
  1. 397Khari#827#1,224
  2. 309Karsyn#977#1,286
  3. 256Kye#940#1,196
  4. 225Kole#971#1,196
  5. 224Khai#723#947

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2024