Santino is a distinctive choice, ranked #622 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Santino in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#622
US Rank #362
About the Name Santino
Santino is currently at its most popular point on record, sitting at UK #622. The name has climbed 84 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Santino is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #362, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Santino
Unlikely. With around 61 UK babies named Santino per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Santino in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Santino is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 84 places over the last five years to #622 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Santino is more popular in the US (#362) than in the UK (#622). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Santino include: Santino Pellegrino — Santino Pellegrino is an Italian ice hockey player.; Santino Rosales — Santino Gabriel Palomares Rosales is a Filipino professional football player and model.; Santino Andino — Santino Andino Valencia is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos..
Santino appears in the US top 500 at #362 in 2024 — moderately popular in America, though less so than in the UK.
61
UK babies named Santino (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 84 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Santino
Likely around 1 other Santino in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
✨ Similar names to Santino
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Santino Gabriel Palomares Rosales is a Filipino professional football player and model. He currently plays as a centre-back for Maharlika of the Philippines Football League.
Santino is an Italian masculine given name or nickname, meaning “little saint” in Italian. It is a diminutive version of the given name Santo, meaning “saint” or “holy”.
Fabrizio Santino is an Italian-British actor, known for portraying the role of Ziggy Roscoe in the Channel 4 soap opera, Hollyoaks, between 2013 and 2015. In 2023, Santino appeared in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders as Brett Nelson, as well as fellow BBC soap opera Doctors.