Santana
- #2,051 for girls in 2025, 92 births
- #855 for boys in 2025, 285 births
- Given to boys 56.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 522 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,785since 1915
Santana 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,051 | 92 | #855 | 285 |
| 2024 | #1,870 | 107 | #810 | 312 |
| 2023 | #1,514 | 142 | #676 | 403 |
| 2022 | #1,907 | 105 | #690 | 385 |
| 2021 | #1,343 | 165 | #572 | 489 |
| 2020 | #1,593 | 131 | #542 | 522 |
| 2019 | #1,655 | 127 | #656 | 404 |
| 2018 | #1,748 | 117 | #732 | 326 |
| 2017 | #1,954 | 102 | #905 | 237 |
| 2016 | #1,841 | 112 | #861 | 262 |
| 2015 | #1,758 | 119 | #869 | 256 |
| 2014 | #1,892 | 106 | #887 | 244 |
| 2013 | #2,122 | 89 | #974 | 205 |
| 2012 | #2,516 | 72 | #1,124 | 163 |
| 2011 | #2,326 | 80 | #1,170 | 152 |
| 2010 | #3,360 | 48 | #1,200 | 149 |
| 2009 | #3,088 | 55 | #1,036 | 185 |
| 2008 | #2,887 | 61 | #1,074 | 174 |
| 2007 | #2,616 | 70 | #1,015 | 188 |
| 2006 | #2,107 | 92 | #880 | 224 |
| 2005 | #2,160 | 85 | #1,182 | 135 |
| 2004 | #2,117 | 85 | #1,304 | 114 |
| 2003 | #2,144 | 81 | #1,141 | 132 |
| 2002 | #1,695 | 108 | #1,332 | 99 |
| 2001 | #1,922 | 90 | #1,277 | 104 |
| 2000 | #1,060 | 196 | #1,125 | 124 |
| 1999 | #1,358 | 130 | #1,215 | 104 |
| 1998 | #1,300 | 137 | #1,398 | 82 |
| 1997 | #1,269 | 139 | #1,310 | 87 |
| 1996 | #1,279 | 135 | #1,480 | 68 |
| 1995 | #1,273 | 132 | #1,405 | 71 |
| 1994 | #1,083 | 166 | #1,288 | 82 |
| 1993 | #1,120 | 160 | #1,577 | 57 |
| 1992 | #845 | 235 | #2,085 | 37 |
| 1991 | #1,044 | 175 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | #1,057 | 168 | #2,128 | 34 |
| 1989 | #1,004 | 172 | #2,545 | 25 |
| 1988 | #990 | 166 | #1,879 | 35 |
| 1987 | #779 | 227 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #534 | 383 | #1,645 | 39 |
| 1985 | #522 | 385 | #1,916 | 30 |
| 1984 | #756 | 214 | #1,556 | 39 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #2,272 | 22 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #1,999 | 27 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #2,338 | 21 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #1,867 | 29 |
| 1978 | #3,388 | 22 | #2,068 | 23 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 | #1,858 | 27 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #1,658 | 30 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #1,520 | 33 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #1,400 | 36 |
| 1972 | #4,300 | 13 | #1,262 | 43 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,364 | 12 | |
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,821 | 9 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,969 | 8 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #3,827 | 5 | |
| 1953 | — | #3,798 | 5 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | #3,010 | 7 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
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| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
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| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Santana! It came in at #3,392, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Santana is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Colorado#420 · 1 in 1,918
- Arizona#463 · 1 in 2,182
- Nevada#516 · 1 in 2,259
- California#558 · 1 in 3,250
- Maryland#571 · 1 in 2,862
Best ever in a state: #113 in District of Columbia, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #420 | 14 | 1 in 1,918 |
| Arizona | #463 | 15 | 1 in 2,182 |
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| California | #558 | 54 | 1 in 3,250 |
| Maryland | #571 | 8 | 1 in 2,862 |
| Indiana | #579 | 11 | 1 in 2,878 |
| Illinois | #632 | 14 | 1 in 3,539 |
| Georgia | #650 | 15 | 1 in 3,348 |
| Texas | #670 | 44 | 1 in 3,978 |
| Virginia | #670 | 10 | 1 in 3,725 |
| North Carolina | #936 | 8 | 1 in 6,434 |
| Ohio | #940 | 8 | 1 in 6,567 |
| Michigan | #999 | 6 | 1 in 6,699 |
| Washington | #999 | 5 | 1 in 6,560 |
| Florida | #1,126 | 11 | 1 in 8,685 |
| New York | #1,760 | 5 | 1 in 16,885 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Santana
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 313 spots since 2020 (#542 → #855)
- 14 spots since 2015 (#869 → #855)
- Biggest jump: 302 spots in 2006
- Biggest drop: 135 spots in 2007
Rise & fade · boys
105 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2020 at #542 (522 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2013–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,307
- Highest: 1 in 3,307 boys born in 2020 were named Santana (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,993 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 30.8% of all boys named Santana (2,398) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2003
- Mostly girls until 2002, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | #3,392 (1915) | #3,769 |
| 1920s | 66 | #2,912 (1927) | #3,391 |
| 1930s | 40 | #2,629 (1936) | #3,152 |
| 1940s | 34 | #2,467 (1944) | #3,025 |
| 1950s | 46 | #2,821 (1959) | #3,386 |
| 1960s | 63 | #2,364 (1962) | #3,663 |
| 1970s | 304 | #1,262 (1972) | #1,743 |
| 1980s | 290 | #1,556 (1984) | #2,046 |
| 1990s | 652 | #1,215 (1999) | #1,623 |
| 2000s | 1,479 | #880 (2006) | #1,137 |
| 2010s | 2,398 | #656 (2019) | #938 |
| 2020s | 2,396 | #542 (2020) | #691 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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