Santiago

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Santiago is ranked 29th among boys in 2024 (7,407 births). Its best rank was 29th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #29up 16 from 2023
Births in 2024: 7,4070.43% of boys
Peak year: 20247,407 births
Best rank: #29in 2024
Since 1880: 96,232people given the name

Babies named Santiago, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

96,232 boys have been named Santiago in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 7,407 births — 0.43% of all boys recorded that year.

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 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 38%. It has spent 137 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 8 of them in the top 100.

Rank among boys, year by year

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

By decade

Decade	boys named Santiago
1880s	77
1890s	62
1900s	123
1910s	476
1920s	1,050
1930s	935
1940s	1,111
1950s	1,329
1960s	1,463
1970s	2,084
1980s	2,627
1990s	4,282
2000s	14,613
2010s	36,447
2020s	29,553

In 2024, its biggest year

Santiago was the 29th 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 Santiago

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.