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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201887boysat 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.

Where Santiago is popular in 1887

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Santiago
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 1887

boys
#438
15 births · 1 in 6,761 boys

Top boys' names in 1887

  1. #1John8,110
  2. #2William7,470
  3. #3James4,767
  4. #4George4,284
  5. #5Charles4,031
  6. #6Frank2,883
  7. #7Joseph2,456
  8. #8Henry2,228
  9. #9Thomas2,151
  10. #10Edward2,125
  11. #10Robert2,125
  12. #438Santiago15
More about 1887

boys

101,410 boys got a published name in 1887; 1 in 6,761 of them was named Santiago, which outranked 59.0% of the 1,067 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Santiago
  1. #420Rollie16
  2. #420Roman16
  3. #420Terry16
  4. #438Santiago15
  5. #438Alton15
  6. #438Early15
  7. #438Isom15
  8. #461Avery14
  9. #461Buck14
  10. #461Carson14

Tied with 22 names at #438; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1886
Risers
  1. ↑ 539Carey#959 → #420
  2. ↑ 521Santiago#959 → #438
  3. ↑ 471Annie#959 → #488
  4. ↑ 471Roderick#959 → #488
  5. ↑ 453Morton#845 → #392
Fallers
  1. ↓ 430Dell#491 → #921
  2. ↓ 420Hardy#332 → #752
  3. ↓ 409Brady#512 → #921
  4. ↓ 381Walton#540 → #921
  5. ↓ 368Milford#451 → #819

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

See the top 100 for 1887 →