How Many People Are Named Santiago?
people named Santiago are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,455 people in the US has this name
Based on 103,965 babies named Santiago in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
7,560 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "Saint James", derived from Spanish santo "saint" combined with Yago, an old Spanish form of JAMES, the patron saint of Spain. This is the name of the capital city of Chile, as well as several other cities in the Spanish-speaking world.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Santiago (99.9%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Santiago alive today is about 12 years old, and 91% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 16 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Santiago first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 7,560 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Santiago never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #26, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 9 years, 2017 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #26.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #26 |
| Best rank | #26 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 9 (2017 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #47 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Santiago alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Santiago were born in California than in any other state: about 25,957 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Santiago was given 5.2 times as often in New Mexico, 2.5 times in Texas and 2.3 times in Arizona.
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