Thiago

A boys’ name of Portuguese origin, meaning Saint James.

Babies a year
1,765
the US, 2017
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#50
up from #55
UK popularity
#331
128 babies · up from #395

How Thiago has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#21#192#363201520202025#50

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#334
2016#268
2017#217
2018#200
2019#184
2020#168
2021#141
2022#106
2023#71
2024#55
2025#50

Thiago by the numbers

In 2025, 128 babies in England and Wales were named Thiago. In the US, 1,765 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably 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 Thiago. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tiagogod is gracious; portuguese form of James67 in England and Wales (2025)
  • ThyagoGod is my supplanter; a form of Thiago or James7 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean holiness

Like Thiago, 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)
  • SantiagoSaint James4,193 in the US (2017)
  • Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
  • Messiahanointed one; the savior2,009 in the US (2017)
  • Malcolmdevotee of Saint Columba804 in the US (2017)
  • Santinolittle saint; a form of Santo444 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Thiago

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