Santino
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- san-TEE-noh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #780 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #353 for boys
Santino is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “little saint”. In 2025 it ranked 780th for boys in the UK (48 babies) and 353rd for boys in the US (934 babies).
What does Santino mean?
Latin: Italian pet form of Santo, from Latin sanctus
“little saint”
An Italian pet form of Santo, saint; Santino 'Sonny' Corleone is the eldest son in The Godfather.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Santino a girl's or a boy's name?
Santino is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 boys in the UK and 934 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Santino in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 780th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 48 about 1 in 6,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 48 boys in the UK were named Santino, making it the 780th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 751st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 61 boys.
Half of all the boys named Santino in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 728th in England and Wales.
Santino in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #780 |
| 2024 | 61 | #672 |
| 2023 | 48 | #770 |
| 2022 | 54 | #708 |
| 2021 | 59 | #681 |
| 2020 | 48 | #751 |
| 2019 | 43 | #805 |
| 2018 | 48 | #767 |
| 2017 | 52 | #739 |
| 2016 | 45 | #799 |
| 2015 | 40 | #857 |
| 2014 | 44 | #791 |
| 2013 | 45 | #784 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,022 |
| 2011 | 38 | #859 |
| 2010 | 38 | #848 |
| 2009 | 25 | #1,115 |
| 2008 | 32 | #933 |
| 2007 | 28 | #973 |
| 2006 | 27 | #959 |
| 2005 | 25 | #972 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,174 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Santino in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 353rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 934 about 1 in 1,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 934 boys in the US were named Santino, making it the 353rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 445th. It first appears in the records in 1913.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Santino of any year since it first appeared, in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Santino in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Santino in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 934 | #353 |
| 2024 | 910 | #362 |
| 2023 | 759 | #416 |
| 2022 | 679 | #453 |
| 2021 | 738 | #416 |
| 2020 | 671 | #445 |
| 2019 | 592 | #488 |
| 2018 | 539 | #528 |
| 2017 | 447 | #600 |
| 2016 | 439 | #612 |
| 2015 | 448 | #606 |
| 2014 | 416 | #631 |
| 2013 | 386 | #640 |
| 2012 | 402 | #612 |
| 2011 | 358 | #655 |
| 2010 | 368 | #655 |
| 2009 | 353 | #686 |
| 2008 | 371 | #655 |
| 2007 | 330 | #705 |
| 2006 | 329 | #686 |
| 2005 | 234 | #810 |
| 2004 | 239 | #760 |
| 2003 | 201 | #856 |
| 2002 | 178 | #905 |
| 2001 | 147 | #1,013 |
| 2000 | 142 | #1,025 |
| 1999 | 118 | #1,116 |
| 1998 | 121 | #1,074 |
| 1997 | 120 | #1,056 |
| 1996 | 108 | #1,105 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,425 |
| 1994 | 89 | #1,214 |
| 1993 | 82 | #1,249 |
| 1992 | 98 | #1,106 |
| 1991 | 80 | #1,239 |
| 1990 | 80 | #1,221 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,331 |
| 1988 | 69 | #1,220 |
| 1987 | 51 | #1,423 |
| 1986 | 53 | #1,344 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 77 | #1,011 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,295 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 64 | #1,143 |
| 1980 | 42 | #1,475 |
| 1979 | 50 | #1,304 |
| 1978 | 53 | #1,229 |
| 1977 | 33 | #1,645 |
| 1976 | 22 | #2,112 |
| 1975 | 67 | #1,000 |
| 1974 | 42 | #1,311 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,176 |
| 1972 | 41 | #1,307 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #2,980 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #3,957 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,753 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,501 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
Nicknames for Santino
- Santi 34 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Santino
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorenzo, Enzo, Romeo, Nico, Leonardo, Matteo, Arlo, Hugo, Sebastian, Elio, Tobias, Luciano
Names related to Santino
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Santino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/santino, updated 20 October 2026.