Santiago — #29 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Santiago

The Social Security Administration has registered 96,232 babies named Santiago between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Santiago currently holds the #29 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 7,407 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Santiago performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 36,447 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Santiago shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 25,675 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Santiago in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Santiago 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 96,232 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.