Santhiago
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sahn-tee-AH-goh
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #2,091 for boys
Santhiago is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “Saint James”. In 2025 it ranked 2,091st for boys in the US (70 babies).
What does Santhiago mean?
Spanish: spelling of Santiago, influenced by Portuguese Thiago
“Saint James”
Santiago, Spain's patron Saint James, gave his name to the pilgrimage city Santiago de Compostela.
Is Santhiago a girl's or a boy's name?
Santhiago is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 70 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Santhiago in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,091among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 70about 1 in 24,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 70 boys in the US were named Santhiago, making it the 2,091st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had the most boys named Santhiago of any year since it first appeared, in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Santhiago in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Santhiago in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 70 | #2,091 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,313 |
| 2023 | 66 | #2,172 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 52 | #2,524 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,122 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 21 | #4,461 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
Nicknames for Santhiago
- Santi 34 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Santhiago
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Thiago Viggo Juanpablo Ares Rio Indigo Cairo Luca Ezio Cristiano Melo Marquez
Names related to Santhiago
More Spanish names
Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar Sierra Paloma
Sources
Figures from 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, “Santhiago: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/santhiago, updated 20 October 2026.