San
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 75.0% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1950 · 66 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,876since 1911
San over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | #10,938 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | #12,246 | 5 | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | — | #7,562 | 10 | |
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #8,803 | 8 | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | #7,698 | 10 | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | #7,245 | 9 | |
| 2002 | — | #10,667 | 5 | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #4,508 | 13 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #3,920 | 15 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | #3,462 | 17 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #3,779 | 15 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #3,072 | 16 |
| 1986 | #4,964 | 15 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | #2,232 | 23 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,093 | 28 | #2,426 | 20 |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | #2,569 | 18 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #3,009 | 26 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #2,838 | 28 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #2,169 | 39 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #2,019 | 40 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #1,665 | 55 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #1,986 | 42 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #1,609 | 55 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #1,607 | 51 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #1,640 | 48 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #1,621 | 48 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #1,803 | 42 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #1,894 | 38 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #1,768 | 42 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #1,637 | 47 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 47 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,754 | 38 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #1,637 | 42 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,444 | 48 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,292 | 52 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,135 | 66 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #1,423 | 42 | #2,606 | 9 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,993 | 18 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,863 | 6 | — | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
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| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1911
The first year at least five girls were named San! It came in at #1,956, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1921, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
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Momentum · girls
Brand new
- 4,376 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #10,917)
- 5,502 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1950 at #1,135 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 25,955
- Highest: 1 in 25,955 girls born in 1950 were named San (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 24.5% of all girls named San (460) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | #1,956 (1911) | #1,956 |
| 1920s | 71 | #2,809 (1924) | #3,797 |
| 1930s | 64 | #2,567 (1934) | #3,286 |
| 1940s | 191 | #1,423 (1949) | #2,643 |
| 1950s | 442 | #1,135 (1950) | #1,556 |
| 1960s | 460 | #1,607 (1968) | #1,697 |
| 1970s | 336 | #1,665 (1971) | #2,541 |
| 1980s | 170 | #3,069 (1980) | #4,923 |
| 1990s | 85 | #6,131 (1990) | #9,880 |
| 2000s | 20 | #15,031 (2000) | #16,030 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,215 (2016) | #16,317 |
| 2020s | 20 | #10,917 (2025) | #12,805 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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