Saint
Pronounced S EY1 N T (ARPABET)
- 1 syllable
- Peaked 2024
- 129 years in use
- 1 spelling
How popular is Saint?
Saint is a boys' name, and first appears in 1896. It has been given to 6,183 children — the 1,378th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: more than ten times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2024, when 1,195 children were given it.
St is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Saint and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- St
Characteristics
- 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- S EY1 N T · S T R IY1 T
- Stress pattern:
- 1 · 1
- Syllables:
- 1
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Saint
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Saint
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Saint?
- Saint ranks 1,378th among boys' names in US records, with 6,183 births since 1896. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,210.
- Is Saint a unisex name?
- No. Saint is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Saint most popular?
- 2024, when 1,195 children were given the name. It has been in use for 129 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Saint spelled?
- St. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.