Santiago
A boys’ name of Spanish origin, meaning Saint James.
How Santiago has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #127 |
| 2016 | #106 |
| 2017 | #93 |
| 2018 | #82 |
| 2019 | #70 |
| 2020 | #71 |
| 2021 | #63 |
| 2022 | #48 |
| 2023 | #45 |
| 2024 | #29 |
| 2025 | #26 |
Santiago by the numbers
In 2025, 153 babies in England and Wales were named Santiago. In the US, 4,193 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Santiago. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Santiago, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Christianfollower of christ; anointed one7,058 in the US (2017)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
- ThiagoSaint James1,765 in the US (2017)
- Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
- Luccafrom lucus, a sacred grove; a form of Lucas431 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Santiago
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