Male name
Santiago
1,991 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2024. Expression number: 5.
Origin
From Old Castilian Santiago (Sant ('saint') & Iago ('Yago')), and this West Iberian form of Latin Jacobus (analogous to the East Iberian Jacobo), from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iácōbos), Ἰακώβ (Iacṓb), from Old Hebrew יַעֲקֹב (Yaʿăqōḇ), and this from עקב (‘aqev, 'heel'), which according to different interpretations, could mean either "follower" or "followed", or "supplanter", or "protector" or "protected". Compare Cornish Jago, Galician Iago, Welsh Iago or Portuguese Iago.Translated by Arcanes from the Spanish Wikcionario, entry “Santiago”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2024: 158 births. 1,991 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It really came into use around 2004. It is still given: 726 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2025: 7,560 births. 103,965 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. At its peak, it ranked 26th among boys' names in 2025. It really came into use around 1909. It is still given: 32,477 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2021: 11 births. 68 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2020s. It is still given: 40 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 65,178 | 2012–2023 | 23rd in 2012 |
| France | 2,310 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Switzerland | 2,007* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 777 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 136 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Austria | 117 | 1984–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 83 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
1 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 9 + 1 + 7 + 6 = 32 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
1 + 9 + 1 + 6 = 17 → 8
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
6
responsibility, harmony, commitment to others
1 + 5 + 2 + 7 = 15 → 6
- Digits missing from the name
- 3, 4, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.