Santiago
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- san-tee-AH-goh
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #313 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #26 for boys
Santiago is a boys' name of Spanish origin, meaning “Saint James”. In 2025 it ranked 313th for boys in the UK (159 babies) and 26th for boys in the US (7,554 babies).
What does Santiago mean?
Spanish: from Sant Iago, Saint James
“Saint James”
From Sant Iago, Saint James, patron saint of Spain, whose shrine at Santiago de Compostela draws pilgrims on the Camino.
Is Santiago a girl's or a boy's name?
Santiago is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 159 boys in the UK and 6 girls and 7,554 boys in the US.
How popular is Santiago in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 313th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 159 about 1 in 1,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 159 boys in the UK were named Santiago, making it the 313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 411th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 165 boys.
Half of all the boys named Santiago in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 296th in England and Wales, 762nd in Scotland and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Santiago in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 159 | #313 |
| 2024 | 165 | #300 |
| 2023 | 150 | #329 |
| 2022 | 153 | #331 |
| 2021 | 125 | #397 |
| 2020 | 116 | #411 |
| 2019 | 128 | #387 |
| 2018 | 100 | #457 |
| 2017 | 100 | #463 |
| 2016 | 104 | #445 |
| 2015 | 112 | #421 |
| 2014 | 91 | #493 |
| 2013 | 70 | #567 |
| 2012 | 81 | #521 |
| 2011 | 45 | #773 |
| 2010 | 55 | #650 |
| 2009 | 56 | #643 |
| 2008 | 54 | #644 |
| 2007 | 50 | #648 |
| 2006 | 38 | #755 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 27 | #864 |
| 2003 | 19 | #1,046 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 10 | #1,405 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Santiago in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 26th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7,554 about 1 in 230 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 6% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7,554 boys in the US were named Santiago, making it the 26th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 71st. 6 girls were also named Santiago in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Santiago of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Santiago in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Santiago in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,554 | #26 |
| 2024 | 7,434 | #29 |
| 2023 | 6,358 | #45 |
| 2022 | 6,036 | #49 |
| 2021 | 5,076 | #63 |
| 2020 | 4,687 | #71 |
| 2019 | 5,047 | #70 |
| 2018 | 4,670 | #82 |
| 2017 | 4,204 | #93 |
| 2016 | 3,719 | #106 |
| 2015 | 3,219 | #127 |
| 2014 | 3,426 | #116 |
| 2013 | 3,032 | #126 |
| 2012 | 3,050 | #122 |
| 2011 | 3,070 | #131 |
| 2010 | 3,012 | #134 |
| 2009 | 3,126 | #130 |
| 2008 | 2,340 | #171 |
| 2007 | 1,968 | #200 |
| 2006 | 1,552 | #232 |
| 2005 | 1,205 | #278 |
| 2004 | 1,089 | #292 |
| 2003 | 928 | #319 |
| 2002 | 863 | #321 |
| 2001 | 803 | #342 |
| 2000 | 739 | #358 |
| 1999 | 600 | #404 |
| 1998 | 509 | #446 |
| 1997 | 498 | #448 |
| 1996 | 407 | #507 |
| 1995 | 427 | #498 |
| 1994 | 391 | #510 |
| 1993 | 377 | #525 |
| 1992 | 386 | #516 |
| 1991 | 364 | #528 |
| 1990 | 324 | #563 |
| 1989 | 323 | #538 |
| 1988 | 245 | #598 |
| 1987 | 257 | #563 |
| 1986 | 224 | #592 |
| 1985 | 266 | #533 |
| 1984 | 270 | #519 |
| 1983 | 237 | #545 |
| 1982 | 272 | #515 |
| 1981 | 281 | #501 |
| 1980 | 252 | #538 |
| 1979 | 241 | #552 |
| 1978 | 215 | #572 |
| 1977 | 236 | #541 |
| 1976 | 228 | #534 |
| 1975 | 206 | #563 |
| 1974 | 207 | #557 |
| 1973 | 188 | #578 |
| 1972 | 178 | #599 |
| 1971 | 193 | #597 |
| 1970 | 191 | #586 |
| 1969 | 160 | #620 |
| 1968 | 153 | #614 |
| 1967 | 145 | #623 |
| 1966 | 137 | #631 |
| 1965 | 147 | #625 |
| 1964 | 148 | #640 |
| 1963 | 148 | #647 |
| 1962 | 120 | #702 |
| 1961 | 148 | #644 |
| 1960 | 158 | #619 |
| 1959 | 129 | #670 |
| 1958 | 151 | #624 |
| 1957 | 124 | #684 |
| 1956 | 152 | #614 |
| 1955 | 115 | #684 |
| 1954 | 125 | #650 |
| 1953 | 122 | #643 |
| 1952 | 134 | #607 |
| 1951 | 146 | #565 |
| 1950 | 132 | #591 |
| 1949 | 133 | #584 |
| 1948 | 127 | #597 |
| 1947 | 108 | #663 |
| 1946 | 132 | #553 |
| 1945 | 132 | #520 |
| 1944 | 109 | #589 |
| 1943 | 100 | #639 |
| 1942 | 109 | #603 |
| 1941 | 91 | #640 |
| 1940 | 70 | #729 |
| 1939 | 84 | #647 |
| 1938 | 96 | #606 |
| 1937 | 82 | #656 |
| 1936 | 93 | #601 |
| 1935 | 86 | #633 |
| 1934 | 94 | #611 |
| 1933 | 90 | #612 |
| 1932 | 90 | #626 |
| 1931 | 103 | #580 |
| 1930 | 117 | #556 |
| 1929 | 114 | #553 |
| 1928 | 141 | #508 |
| 1927 | 114 | #579 |
| 1926 | 86 | #683 |
| 1925 | 104 | #615 |
| 1924 | 121 | #579 |
| 1923 | 105 | #620 |
| 1922 | 91 | #678 |
| 1921 | 94 | #668 |
| 1920 | 80 | #724 |
| 1919 | 82 | #686 |
| 1918 | 59 | #855 |
| 1917 | 49 | #909 |
| 1916 | 53 | #864 |
| 1915 | 61 | #767 |
| 1914 | 53 | #712 |
| 1913 | 43 | #696 |
| 1912 | 32 | #765 |
| 1911 | 16 | #823 |
| 1910 | 28 | #537 |
| 1909 | 22 | #558 |
| 1908 | 14 | #712 |
| 1907 | 9 | #929 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,090 |
| 1904 | 17 | #538 |
| 1903 | 12 | #656 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 12 | #596 |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 11 | #662 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 6 | #953 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 8 | #791 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 9 | #667 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 15 | #438 |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 10 | #563 |
| 1880 | 12 | #526 |
Nicknames for Santiago
- Santi 34 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Santiago
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cruz, Leonardo, Lorenzo, Arlo, Luca, Diego, Sebastian, Romeo, Rio, Milo, Xavier, Nico
Names related to Santiago
More Spanish names
Lola, Amaya, Alaia, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma, Amaia, Solana, Anahi
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, “Santiago: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/santiago, updated 20 October 2026.