Santiago

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #26 for boys in 2025, 7,554 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 7,554 births
Debut · boys
12 births
In top 100 · boys
9 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
103,828
since 1880

Santiago over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929boysat 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#13,2086#267,554
2024#297,434
2023#12,1977#456,358
2022#496,036
2021#13,4646#635,076
2020#714,687
2019#8,13813#705,047
2018#15,6825#824,670
2017#14,1246#934,204
2016#8,39313#1063,719
2015#1273,219
2014#16,5135#1163,426
2013#1263,032
2012#13,4837#1223,050
2011#1313,070
2010#1343,012
2009#9,37912#1303,126
2008#1712,340
2007#2001,968
2006#2321,552
2005#2781,205
2004#2921,089
2003#319928
2002#12,1877#321863
2001#342803
2000#15,0315#358739
1999#404600
1998#446509
1997#448498
1996#507407
1995#498427
1994#510391
1993#525377
1992#516386
1991#528364
1990#564324
1989#8,0379#539323
1988#11,7985#598245
1987#563257
1986#592224
1985#533266
1984#519270
1983#10,2755#545237
1982#515272
1981#501281
1980#538252
1979#552241
1978#572215
1977#541236
1976#9,2845#534228
1975#563206
1974#7,6806#557207
1973#578188
1972#599178
1971#597193
1970#586191
1969#620160
1968#614153
1967#623145
1966#631137
1965#625147
1964#640148
1963#647148
1962#702120
1961#645148
1960#620158
1959#671129
1958#625151
1957#685124
1956#615152
1955#685115
1954#651125
1953#644122
1952#608134
1951#566146
1950#592132
1949#585133
1948#598127
1947#663108
1946#553132
1945#520132
1944#589109
1943#639100
1942#603109
1941#64091
1940#72970
1939#64784
1938#60696
1937#65682
1936#60193
1935#63386
1934#61194
1933#61290
1932#62690
1931#580103
1930#4,5505#556117
1929#4,5705#553114
1928#508141
1927#579114
1926#68386
1925#4,9735#615104
1924#579121
1923#620105
1922#67891
1921#66894
1920#72480
1919#68682
1918#85559
1917#90949
1916#86453
1915#76761
1914#71253
1913#69643
1912#76532
1911#82416
1910#53728
1909#55822
1908#71214
1907#9309
1906#79810
1905#1,0916
1904#53817
1903#65612
1902#7949
1901#59612
1900#74312
1899
1898#66311
1897
1896
1895#57913
1894#9546
1893#7688
1892#7928
1891#7667
1890#6679
1889
1888#7558
1887#43815
1886#9595
1885#54712
1884#7018
1883#7207
1882
1881#56310
1880#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Santiago was already there! It came in at #526, and was given to 12 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#29#26)
  • 45 spots since 2020 (#71#26)
  • 101 spots since 2015 (#127#26)
  • Biggest jump: 521 spots in 1887 (#959#438)
  • Biggest drop: 553 spots in 1905 (#538#1,091)
Rise & fade · boys
145 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2025 at #26 (7,554 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
  • Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1906–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 226
  • Highest: 1 in 226 boys born in 2025 were named Santiago (0.44%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 35.8% of all boys named Santiago (37,145) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#438 (1887)#651
1890s62#579 (1895)#741
1900s123#538 (1904)#742
1910s476#537 (1910)#762
1920s1,050#508 (1928)#621
1930s935#556 (1930)#613
1940s1,111#520 (1945)#612
1950s1,330#566 (1951)#634
1960s1,464#614 (1968)#637
1970s2,083#534 (1976)#568
1980s2,627#501 (1981)#544
1990s4,283#404 (1999)#495
2000s14,613#130 (2009)#264
2010s36,449#70 (2019)#111
2020s37,145#26 (2025)#47

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.

Santiago in 1929

girls
#4,570
5 births · 1 in 223,312 girls
boys
#553
114 births · 1 in 9,435 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #4,570Santiago5

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #553Santiago114
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 223,312 of them was named Santiago, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Santiago
  1. #4,053Zillah6
  2. #4,053Zollie6
  3. #4,053Zorka6
  4. #4,570Santiago5
  5. #4,570Adabelle5
  6. #4,570Adelyne5
  7. #4,570Adonna5

Tied with 707 names at #4,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 9,435 of them was named Santiago, which outranked 87.8% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Santiago
  1. #550Otha115
  2. #550Palmer115
  3. #550Rodger115
  4. #553Santiago114
  5. #553Beverly114
  6. #553Jeremiah114
  7. #556Talmadge113
  8. #557Alphonso112
  9. #557Brian112

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929