Saint
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAYNT
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #439 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #267 for boys
Saint is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “holy person”. In 2025 it ranked 439th for boys in the UK (101 babies) and 267th for boys in the US (1,286 babies).
What does Saint mean?
English: English word, from Latin sanctus
“holy person”
From the English word for a holy person, which goes back to Latin sanctus, holy.
Is Saint a girl's or a boy's name?
Saint is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 101 boys in the UK and 23 girls and 1,286 boys in the US.
How popular is Saint in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #439among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 101about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 171% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 101 boys in the UK were named Saint, making it the 439th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 760th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 105 boys.
Half of all the boys named Saint in the UK since 1996 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2023, 5% of the babies named Saint in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 412th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Saint in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 101 | #439 |
| 2024 | 105 | #430 |
| 2023 | 97 | #452 |
| 2022 | 73 | #577 |
| 2021 | 64 | #640 |
| 2020 | 47 | #760 |
| 2019 | 35 | #931 |
| 2018 | 30 | #1,043 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Saint in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #267among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,286about 1 in 1,300 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 231% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,286 boys in the US were named Saint, making it the 267th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 571st. It first appears in the records in 1896. 23 girls were also named Saint in 2025 (5,409th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 12 years. 2025 had the most boys named Saint of any year since it first appeared, in 1896.
Half of all the boys named Saint in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saint in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,286 | #267 |
| 2024 | 1,200 | #282 |
| 2023 | 1,061 | #314 |
| 2022 | 917 | #359 |
| 2021 | 670 | #454 |
| 2020 | 488 | #571 |
| 2019 | 328 | #735 |
| 2018 | 257 | #857 |
| 2017 | 141 | #1,287 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,484 |
| 2015 | 40 | #2,918 |
| 2014 | 33 | #3,295 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 7 | #3,255 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 11 | #2,434 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 9 | #2,678 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #2,995 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 9 | #2,522 |
| 1941 | 13 | #1,997 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 22 | #1,648 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 16 | #1,997 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Saint: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saint, updated 20 October 2026.