Saint

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Saint is ranked 282nd among boys in 2024 (1,195 births). Its best rank was 282nd, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #282up 32 from 2023
Births in 2024: 1,1950.07% of boys
Peak year: 20241,195 births
Best rank: #282in 2024
Since 1896: 6,159people given the name

Babies named Saint, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

5,994 boys have been named Saint in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 1,195 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2022, and the 2020s alone account for 72%. It has spent 9 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 165 girls have also been given it, 2.7% of the total.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Saint
1890s	17
1900s	5
1910s	69
1920s	117
1930s	64
1940s	66
1950s	66
1960s	12
1970s	33
1980s	36
1990s	38
2000s	129
2010s	1,013
2020s	4,329

In 2024, its biggest year

Saint was the 282nd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Saint

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.