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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
Where San is popular in 1960
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#416 · 1 in 2,984
Best ever in a state: #265 in Texas, 1950.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #416 | 38 | 1 in 2,984 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about San
- 4,376 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #10,917)
- 5,502 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #10,917)
- Debuted 1911
- Peaked 1950 at #1,135 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 24.5% of all girls named San (460) were born in this decade
- 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.
San in 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 43,020 of them was named San, which outranked 77.7% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,617Shanda48
- #1,617Sunday48
- #1,617Yasmin48
- #1,637San47
- #1,637Alvina47
- #1,637Bonni47
- #1,637Candis47
- #1,655Abbe46
- #1,655Bobette46
- #1,655Brunilda46
Tied with 17 names at #1,637; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 426,464 of them was named San, which outranked 12.2% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 560 names at #4,038; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.