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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,286 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,288since 1896
Saint over time
Rank among boys' names. Saint has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,410 | 23 | #267 | 1,286 |
| 2024 | #4,294 | 33 | #282 | 1,200 |
| 2023 | #5,549 | 22 | #314 | 1,061 |
| 2022 | #4,793 | 28 | #359 | 917 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | #454 | 670 |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | #571 | 488 |
| 2019 | #8,597 | 12 | #735 | 328 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #857 | 257 |
| 2017 | — | #1,287 | 141 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,484 | 115 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,919 | 40 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,313 | 22 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,221 | 23 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,517 | 21 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,278 | 23 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,393 | 13 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,434 | 16 | |
| 2006 | — | #5,072 | 17 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,226 | 12 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #7,831 | 8 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #9,243 | 6 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #9,912 | 5 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,466 | 11 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #9,015 | 5 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,845 | 5 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #3,837 | 8 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,818 | 9 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,257 | 7 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #2,435 | 11 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,709 | 9 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,680 | 9 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #2,321 | 11 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,298 | 6 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,996 | 6 | |
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,523 | 9 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,997 | 13 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,592 | 6 | |
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | #2,659 | 10 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,648 | 22 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,642 | 22 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,998 | 16 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #2,543 | 10 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #2,457 | 8 |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
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| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #722 | 10 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where Saint is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#118 · 1 in 374
- Hawaii#241 · 1 in 685
- Maryland#265 · 1 in 1,134
- Georgia#273 · 1 in 1,145
- New York#297 · 1 in 1,438
Best ever in a state: #66 in District of Columbia, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #118 | 9 | 1 in 374 |
| Hawaii | #241 | 5 | 1 in 685 |
| Maryland | #265 | 22 | 1 in 1,134 |
| Georgia | #273 | 44 | 1 in 1,145 |
| New York | #297 | 62 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Mississippi | #315 | 10 | 1 in 1,199 |
| Louisiana | #328 | 16 | 1 in 1,359 |
| Pennsylvania | #345 | 32 | 1 in 1,733 |
| Oklahoma | #346 | 13 | 1 in 1,381 |
| Tennessee | #352 | 23 | 1 in 1,558 |
| Connecticut | #359 | 8 | 1 in 1,747 |
| Nevada | #364 | 8 | 1 in 1,482 |
| New Jersey | #374 | 21 | 1 in 1,931 |
| Virginia | #398 | 20 | 1 in 1,955 |
| Texas | #401 | 84 | 1 in 2,037 |
| California | #424 | 81 | 1 in 2,338 |
| North Carolina | #440 | 23 | 1 in 2,219 |
| Illinois | #477 | 21 | 1 in 2,567 |
| Michigan | #502 | 16 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Arizona | #508 | 13 | 1 in 2,509 |
| Florida | #523 | 30 | 1 in 3,092 |
| Missouri | #537 | 10 | 1 in 2,854 |
| Utah | #560 | 7 | 1 in 2,743 |
| Minnesota | #590 | 8 | 1 in 3,142 |
| Massachusetts | #595 | 7 | 1 in 4,074 |
| Ohio | #633 | 14 | 1 in 3,872 |
| Colorado | #645 | 7 | 1 in 3,689 |
| Indiana | #651 | 9 | 1 in 3,640 |
| Washington | #680 | 9 | 1 in 3,711 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
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| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Saint
- 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)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 2025 at #267 (1,286 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2018–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,328 boys born in 2025 were named Saint (0.08%)
- 77.1% of all boys named Saint (5,622) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | #722 (1896) | #787 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,345 (1907) | #1,345 |
| 1910s | 69 | #1,998 (1918) | #2,358 |
| 1920s | 117 | #1,642 (1920) | #2,589 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,393 (1934) | #3,214 |
| 1940s | 66 | #1,997 (1941) | #2,744 |
| 1950s | 67 | #2,321 (1950) | #2,958 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,595 (1969) | #3,830 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,837 (1974) | #4,790 |
| 1980s | 36 | #5,147 (1985) | #5,977 |
| 1990s | 38 | #5,466 (1998) | #7,228 |
| 2000s | 129 | #4,278 (2009) | #6,479 |
| 2010s | 1,013 | #735 (2019) | #2,693 |
| 2020s | 5,622 | #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 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 86,361 of them was named Saint, which outranked 65.1% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,955Zlata20
- #5,955Zulay20
- #5,955Zuleyma20
- #6,174Saint19
- #6,174Aamina19
- #6,174Acsa19
- #6,174Adaleya19
- #6,414Aanshi18
- #6,414Aariah18
- #6,414Adair18
Tied with 239 names at #6,174; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 2,611 of them was named Saint, which outranked 96.8% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.