Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: SpanishSantiago is a masculine Spanish name that derives from the Hebrew name Jacob via "Sant Iago", "Sant Yago", "Santo Iago", or "Santo Yago", first used to denote Saint James the Great, the brother of John the Apostle.
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In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Santiago yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Santiago set new highs in both count and rank in the same year, 2024 — 7,407 births at #29 nationally, 116% higher than ten years earlier — with no indication yet of the kind of pullback already visible in Leo or Owen.
SSA records for this name stretch back to 1880, a long quiet history before this recent climb, similar in shape to Elias and Asher: old roots, recent breakout.
Its famous-bearer list is dense with Spanish-language achievement across very different fields — neuroscientist Santiago Ramón y Cajal, architect Santiago Calatrava, footballer Federico Valverde (whose full name includes Santiago) — a cluster of intellectual and athletic figures that fits the name's Spanish origin more tightly than most of its English-origin neighbors in this batch manage with theirs.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 12 | #558 |
| 1881 | 10 | #585 |
| 1883 | 7 | #789 |
| 1884 | 8 | #747 |
| 1885 | 12 | #573 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,083 |
| 1887 | 15 | #454 |
| 1888 | 8 | #808 |
| 1890 | 9 | #729 |
| 1891 | 7 | #831 |
| 1892 | 8 | #853 |
| 1893 | 8 | #822 |
| 1894 | 6 | #1,062 |
| 1895 | 13 | #603 |
| 1898 | 11 | #697 |
| 1900 | 12 | #779 |
| 1901 | 12 | #632 |
| 1902 | 9 | #852 |
| 1903 | 12 | #691 |
| 1904 | 17 | #560 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1906 | 10 | #845 |
| 1907 | 9 | #992 |
| 1908 | 14 | #741 |
| 1909 | 22 | #571 |
| 1910 | 28 | #545 |
| 1911 | 16 | #854 |
| 1912 | 32 | #780 |
| 1913 | 43 | #705 |
| 1914 | 53 | #722 |
| 1915 | 61 | #772 |
| 1916 | 53 | #874 |
| 1917 | 49 | #917 |
| 1918 | 59 | #868 |
| 1919 | 82 | #689 |
| 1920 | 80 | #731 |
| 1921 | 94 | #671 |
| 1922 | 91 | #684 |
| 1923 | 105 | #624 |
| 1924 | 121 | #581 |
| 1925 | 104 | #616 |
| 1926 | 86 | #688 |
| 1927 | 114 | #582 |
| 1928 | 141 | #510 |
| 1929 | 114 | #555 |
| 1930 | 118 | #556 |
| 1931 | 102 | #581 |
| 1932 | 90 | #631 |
| 1933 | 90 | #614 |
| 1934 | 94 | #614 |
| 1935 | 86 | #638 |
| 1936 | 93 | #606 |
| 1937 | 82 | #659 |
| 1938 | 96 | #608 |
| 1939 | 84 | #651 |
| 1940 | 70 | #737 |
| 1941 | 91 | #642 |
| 1942 | 109 | #605 |
| 1943 | 100 | #641 |
| 1944 | 109 | #591 |
| 1945 | 132 | #523 |
| 1946 | 132 | #555 |
| 1947 | 108 | #667 |
| 1948 | 127 | #602 |
| 1949 | 133 | #589 |
| 1950 | 132 | #593 |
| 1951 | 146 | #571 |
| 1952 | 134 | #614 |
| 1953 | 122 | #647 |
| 1954 | 125 | #653 |
| 1955 | 115 | #689 |
| 1956 | 152 | #618 |
| 1957 | 124 | #688 |
| 1958 | 150 | #628 |
| 1959 | 129 | #673 |
| 1960 | 158 | #620 |
| 1961 | 148 | #648 |
| 1962 | 120 | #704 |
| 1963 | 148 | #649 |
| 1964 | 148 | #642 |
| 1965 | 147 | #628 |
| 1966 | 137 | #633 |
| 1967 | 145 | #626 |
| 1968 | 153 | #616 |
| 1969 | 159 | #626 |
| 1970 | 191 | #587 |
| 1971 | 193 | #597 |
| 1972 | 178 | #600 |
| 1973 | 188 | #579 |
| 1974 | 207 | #558 |
| 1975 | 206 | #563 |
| 1976 | 228 | #534 |
| 1977 | 236 | #541 |
| 1978 | 215 | #572 |
| 1979 | 242 | #551 |
| 1980 | 252 | #538 |
| 1981 | 281 | #502 |
| 1982 | 272 | #515 |
| 1983 | 237 | #547 |
| 1984 | 270 | #519 |
| 1985 | 266 | #534 |
| 1986 | 224 | #594 |
| 1987 | 257 | #564 |
| 1988 | 245 | #600 |
| 1989 | 323 | #539 |
| 1990 | 324 | #565 |
| 1991 | 364 | #529 |
| 1992 | 386 | #517 |
| 1993 | 376 | #529 |
| 1994 | 391 | #510 |
| 1995 | 427 | #498 |
| 1996 | 407 | #508 |
| 1997 | 498 | #448 |
| 1998 | 509 | #446 |
| 1999 | 600 | #404 |
| 2000 | 739 | #359 |
| 2001 | 803 | #342 |
| 2002 | 863 | #322 |
| 2003 | 928 | #319 |
| 2004 | 1,089 | #292 |
| 2005 | 1,205 | #278 |
| 2006 | 1,552 | #232 |
| 2007 | 1,968 | #200 |
| 2008 | 2,340 | #171 |
| 2009 | 3,126 | #130 |
| 2010 | 3,012 | #134 |
| 2011 | 3,070 | #131 |
| 2012 | 3,050 | #122 |
| 2013 | 3,032 | #126 |
| 2014 | 3,426 | #116 |
| 2015 | 3,219 | #127 |
| 2016 | 3,719 | #106 |
| 2017 | 4,203 | #93 |
| 2018 | 4,669 | #82 |
| 2019 | 5,047 | #70 |
| 2020 | 4,687 | #71 |
| 2021 | 5,073 | #63 |
| 2022 | 6,033 | #49 |
| 2023 | 6,353 | #45 |
| 2024 | 7,407 | #29 |
