NameTides

Saint

Saint was the #267 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,286 babies), and #412 in England & Wales and #818 in Canada.

Saint as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Saint as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanadaScotland
Saint as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#267 (1,286)#412 (98)#762 (3)—#818 (32)
2024#282 (1,200)#403 (101)#619 (4)—#1,056 (23)
2023#314 (1,061)#439 (90)#435 (7)—#738 (34)
2022#359 (917)#540 (71)——#1,415 (14)
2021#454 (670)#627 (59)—#433 (3)#1,191 (18)
2020#571 (488)#706 (47)——#1,838 (9)
2019#735 (328)#856 (35)——#2,189 (7)
2018#857 (257)#985 (29)——#2,403 (6)
2017#1,287 (141)#2,324 (9)———
2016#1,484 (115)#3,478 (5)——#2,428 (6)
2015#2,919 (40)#3,373 (5)———
2014#3,297 (33)————
2013#4,313 (22)————
2012#3,297 (33)————
2011#4,221 (23)#4,647 (3)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #267.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1896.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Saint is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 900 to 1 in 1,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Saint by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #529WAIdaho: #282IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #552MNIllinois: #334ILMichigan: #248MINew York: #228NYMassachusetts: #274MAOregon: #295ORNevada: #171NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #257SDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #371INOhio: #333OHPennsylvania: #269PANew Jersey: #272NJConnecticut: #210CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #321CAUtah: #351UTColorado: #329CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #392MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #185VAMaryland: #153MDDelaware: #203DEArizona: #209AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #410TNNorth Carolina: #233NCSouth Carolina: #233SCDistrict of Columbia: #66DCOklahoma: #282OKLouisiana: #207LAMississippi: #370MSAlabama: #360ALGeorgia: #144GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #213TXFlorida: #275FL
Saint (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#96411

Saint (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
SaintCanadaBoys#81832
SaintEngland & WalesGirls—too few
SaintEngland & WalesBoys#41298
SaintNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
SaintScotlandBoys#7623
SaintUSGirls#5,41023
SaintUSBoys#2671,286