Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Saint

#1,380 most common boys' name of all time · #3,309 across all names · 97% boys / 3% girls · used 1891–2025

Rank among boys
#1,380
Rank overall
#3,309 of 105,966
First appeared
1891
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
7,476
Since 2016
6,618
Peak year
2025 #267
Best rank
#267 2025
📖The word “saint” appears in the Bible↗
Girls Boys peak 1,309/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Saint first appears in 1891. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 23 1,286 1,309 #267
2024 33 1,200 1,233 #282
2023 22 1,061 1,083 #314
2022 28 917 945 #360
2021 19 670 689 #454
2020 10 488 498 #571
2019 12 328 340 #737
2018 8 257 265 #857
2017 — 141 141 #1,290
2016 — 115 115 #1,487
2015 — 40 40 #2,921
2014 — 33 33 #3,298
2013 — 22 22 #4,322
2012 — 33 33 #3,303
2011 — 23 23 #4,232
2010 — 21 21 #4,527
2009 — 23 23 #4,291
2008 — 13 13 #6,413
2007 — 16 16 #5,448
2006 — 17 17 #5,088
2005 — 12 12 #6,246
2004 — 18 18 #4,614
2003 — 8 8 #7,883
2002 — 6 6 #9,442
2001 — 6 6 #9,303
2000 — 10 10 #6,347
1999 — 5 5 #9,979
1998 — 11 11 #5,493
1996 — 5 5 #9,077
1993 — 8 8 #6,269
1991 — 9 9 #5,552
1989 — 7 7 #6,287
1988 — 6 6 #6,489
1985 — 7 7 #5,213
1984 — 6 6 #5,630
1983 — 5 5 #6,335
1981 — 5 5 #6,357
1979 — 5 5 #6,154
1978 — 8 8 #4,209
1977 — 5 5 #5,937
1974 — 8 8 #3,894
1973 — 7 7 #4,106
1969 — 7 7 #3,652
1961 — 5 5 #4,160
1959 — 5 5 #4,086
1958 — 9 9 #2,867
1957 — 7 7 #3,308
1955 — 11 11 #2,468
1954 — 6 6 #3,518
1953 — 9 9 #2,767
1952 — 9 9 #2,729
1950 — 11 11 #2,350
1949 — 6 6 #3,375
1948 — 10 10 #2,493
1947 — 8 8 #2,924
1945 — 6 6 #3,075
1943 — 7 7 #3,016
1942 — 9 9 #2,578
1941 — 13 13 #2,031
1940 — 7 7 #2,929
1939 5 6 11 #3,191
1938 — 7 7 #2,950
1937 — 5 5 #3,608
1936 — 6 6 #3,231
1935 5 5 10 #3,727
1934 — 10 10 #2,440
1933 — 8 8 #2,802
1932 — 6 6 #3,438
1931 — 5 5 #3,848
1930 — 6 6 #3,677
1928 — 10 10 #2,705
1927 — 7 7 #3,519
1926 — 5 5 #4,287
1925 — 14 14 #2,236
1924 — 12 12 #2,522
1923 — 16 16 #2,060
1922 — 9 9 #3,074
1921 — 22 22 #1,674
1920 — 22 22 #1,662
1919 — 9 9 #2,928
1918 — 16 16 #2,028
1917 — 14 14 #2,132
1916 6 10 16 #2,599
1915 6 12 18 #2,221
1914 6 8 14 #2,517
1907 — 5 5 #1,459
1897 — 7 7 #934
1896 — 10 10 #774
1891 5 — 5 —