Santana
#2,051 for girls in 2025, 92 births · #855 for boys in 2025, 285 births
Given to boys 56.7% of the time
- 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
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 | #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 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
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| 1938 | — | #2,868 | 7 | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 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 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
| 1918 | — | #4,179 | 5 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
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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 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Nevada#340 · 1 in 1,463
- North Carolina#457 · 1 in 2,508
- Colorado#475 · 1 in 2,345
- Maryland#480 · 1 in 2,639
- Ohio#503 · 1 in 3,016
Best ever in a state: #113 in District of Columbia, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #340 | 9 | 1 in 1,463 |
| North Carolina | #457 | 20 | 1 in 2,508 |
| Colorado | #475 | 11 | 1 in 2,345 |
| Maryland | #480 | 10 | 1 in 2,639 |
| Ohio | #503 | 19 | 1 in 3,016 |
| Utah | #533 | 7 | 1 in 2,786 |
| Virginia | #578 | 11 | 1 in 3,703 |
| California | #601 | 48 | 1 in 4,302 |
| Texas | #641 | 40 | 1 in 4,372 |
| Tennessee | #649 | 9 | 1 in 3,945 |
| Arizona | #657 | 8 | 1 in 4,274 |
| Illinois | #669 | 14 | 1 in 4,262 |
| Florida | #684 | 20 | 1 in 4,792 |
| Michigan | #689 | 10 | 1 in 4,589 |
| Georgia | #692 | 12 | 1 in 4,349 |
| Alabama | #738 | 5 | 1 in 4,524 |
| Wisconsin | #763 | 5 | 1 in 5,147 |
| Louisiana | #810 | 5 | 1 in 4,570 |
| Missouri | #858 | 5 | 1 in 6,069 |
| Washington | #929 | 5 | 1 in 6,900 |
| Pennsylvania | #975 | 7 | 1 in 8,181 |
| New York | #1,044 | 11 | 1 in 8,704 |
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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
- 45 spots since 2024 (#810 → #855)
- 313 spots since 2020 (#542 → #855)
- 14 spots since 2015 (#869 → #855)
- Biggest jump: 302 spots in 2006 (#1,182 → #880)
- Biggest drop: 135 spots in 2007 (#880 → #1,015)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2020 at #542 (522 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2013–2025
- 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%)
- 30.8% of all boys named Santana (2,398) were born in this decade
- 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.
Santana in 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 14,539 of them was named Santana, which outranked 90.4% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,741Jaylyn118
- #1,741Jianna118
- #1,741Joan118
- #1,748Santana117
- #1,748Aoife117
- #1,748Arabelle117
- #1,748Aubriana117
- #1,762Britney116
- #1,762Eryn116
- #1,762Giulia116
Tied with 13 names at #1,748; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 5,571 of them was named Santana, which outranked 94.8% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).