Boys' name · since 1896
Saint
7,288 babies named Saint in U.S. Social Security records since 1896, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,439 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #267 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,288
- born since 1896
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Saint is the #267 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 7,288 recorded since 1896.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saint has been recorded 7,288 times among boys since 1896, currently ranked #267 nationally and more common than 98% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1896 to 2025.
- #1,439 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #267 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 7,288 born since 1896
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saint ranks #1,439 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #267 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 7,288 born since 1896, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,439 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #267 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,288
- born since 1896
- 2020s
- peak decade
Saint's 7,288 recorded births place it above 96.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
43 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Saint compares
7,288 Top 11% higher than 89% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Saint's all-time total is 20x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saint | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,288 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,286 | 34 | 22,252 |
Saint's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Saint's full recorded timeline at 1961, 94% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 6% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1907, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,286 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Saint popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1896–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,286
- Annual births at peak, across 130 years of records
Saint popularity over time - girls
188 total births recorded since 1891 (Saint as girls' name)
Saint by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (5,622 births, 77% of the file).
2020s was Saint's strongest decade.
5,622 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Saint births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 17
1890s
17 births
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s 69
1910s
69 births
- 1920s 117
1920s
117 births
- 1930s 64
1930s
64 births
- 1940s 66
1940s
66 births
- 1950s 67
1950s
67 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s 33
1970s
33 births
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 38
1990s
38 births
- 2000s 129
2000s
129 births
- 2010s 1,013
2010s
1,013 births
- 2020s
2020s
5,622 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 5,622 births (77% of all-time use).
How Saint compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Saint's total volume
Saint by state
Where Saint concentrates geographically, total births since 1896
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 885 | 12.1% |
| #2 | California | | 655 | 9.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 505 | 6.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 390 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 376 | 5.2% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 253 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 231 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 198 | 2.7% |
885 of 7,288 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Saint appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Saints (885 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Saint: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~129 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1896–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Saint draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.