Santi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAN-tee
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #986 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,118 for boys
Santi is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “saint”. In 2025 it ranked 986th for boys in the UK (34 babies) and 1,118th for boys in the US (191 babies).
What does Santi mean?
Spanish: short form of Santiago or Santino
“saint”
Short for Santiago, Spanish for Saint James, or Italian Santino; separately, santi means peace in Thai, from Sanskrit shanti.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Santi a girl's or a boy's name?
Santi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 191 boys in the US.
How popular is Santi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #986among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 332% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were named Santi, making it the 986th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Santi of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Santi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 914th in England and Wales.
Santi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #986 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,177 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
How popular is Santi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,118among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 191about 1 in 8,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 291% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 191 boys in the US were named Santi, making it the 1,118th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,024th. It first appears in the records in 1914. 6 girls were also named Santi in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Santi of any year since it first appeared, in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Santi in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 226 boys in the US were given Santi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #925, up from #1,118 for this spelling alone.
- Santi 191
- Santy 35
Santi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 191 | #1,118 |
| 2024 | 150 | #1,303 |
| 2023 | 152 | #1,266 |
| 2022 | 117 | #1,532 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,133 |
| 2020 | 38 | #3,024 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 34 | #3,298 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #3,533 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
Names like Santi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shivansh Avi Aarav Krishiv Avyaan Vihaan Bodhi Gurbaaz Ravi Ivaan Advik Aviraj
Other spellings of Santi
Names related to Santi
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Esmeralda Amayah Reina Cesar
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, “Santi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/santi, updated 20 October 2026.