Saint — #282 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Saint

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,994 babies named Saint between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saint currently holds the #282 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 1,195 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saint performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 4,329 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Saint shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 702 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Saint in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saint in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,994 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.