Saint Boy
How popular is Saint?
#267 boy name in 2025
1,286 baby boys were named Saint in the US in 2025, making it the 267th most popular boy name. Another 23 girls got the name (#5,409 for girls).
Saint popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #267 for boys (▲ 15 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,286 boys, 23 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+3115% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,918 in 2015, #571 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,286 boys) |
| Highest rank | #267 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1896 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 98% boys, 2% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Saint counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Saint family of names ranked #271 for boys in 2025 (#282 the year before), with 1,300 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Saint | 1,286 | 99% |
| Saynt | 7 | 1% |
| Sante | 7 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Saint is most popular
Babies named Saint per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 3.2 per 1,000 (47 boys)
- Hawaii: 1.7 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Maryland: 1.4 per 1,000 (167 boys)
- Rhode Island: 1.2 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- Georgia: 1.2 per 1,000 (305 boys)
Saint by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 17 | #722 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1910s | 69 | #1,997 |
| 1920s | 117 | #1,642 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,393 |
| 1940s | 66 | #1,997 |
| 1950s | 67 | #2,320 |
| 1960s | 12 | #3,594 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,835 |
| 1980s | 36 | #5,142 |
| 1990s | 38 | #5,460 |
| 2000s | 129 | #4,276 |
| 2010s | 1,013 | #735 |
| 2020s | 5,622 | #267 |
Boy names about as popular as Saint
Questions
- Is Saint a boy or girl name?
- Saint is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Saint were boys.
- How popular is the name Saint?
- 1,286 baby boys were named Saint in the US in 2025, making it the 267th most popular boy name. Another 23 girls got the name (#5,409 for girls).
- When was Saint most popular?
- Saint peaked in 2025, when 1,286 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #267 in 2025.
- How many people are named Saint?
- 7,476 babies have been named Saint in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,102 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 3.
- Where is Saint most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Saint was most common in District of Columbia, at 3.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.