girls:
132 births since 1891
#5584 (2nd percentile)
boys:
4.8k births since 1896
#1736 (62nd percentile)
overall:
4.9k births since 1891
#3889 (50th percentile)
The name Saint is the #3,889 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,923 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 49.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,736 (62.1% percentile) for all time with 4,791 births since 1896. For girls, it ranks #5,584 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 132 births since 1891.
Saint first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for girls and 1896 for boys). Birth data for Saint is available in 87 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023 (86 years for boys and 12 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Saint has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.3% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1896, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1891 to 1895), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (97.4% boys from 1896 to 2023).
For boys, Saint reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 67.3% percentile (ranked #299) with 578 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 578 births per million (ranked 67.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2003, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Saint is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #299 (67.3% percentile) with 578 births per million.
For girls, Saint reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #935) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 1891, with 25 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Saint ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 49.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Saint".
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