Santo
#3,583 for boys in 2025, 31 births
- Peak · boys
- 1915 · 99 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,876since 1907
Santo over time
Rank among boys' names. Santo has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,583 | 31 |
| 2024 | #3,161 | 38 |
| 2023 | #2,952 | 42 |
| 2022 | #4,089 | 26 |
| 2021 | #3,814 | 28 |
| 2020 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #5,813 | 15 |
| 2018 | #5,540 | 16 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #4,624 | 21 |
| 2015 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #6,632 | 12 |
| 2013 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #5,256 | 17 |
| 2011 | #5,945 | 14 |
| 2010 | #4,848 | 19 |
| 2009 | #4,035 | 25 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #3,591 | 29 |
| 2006 | #4,520 | 20 |
| 2005 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #3,285 | 29 |
| 2003 | #4,114 | 20 |
| 2002 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | #3,764 | 21 |
| 1999 | #3,986 | 18 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #3,261 | 22 |
| 1996 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1994 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #2,865 | 24 |
| 1992 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #2,245 | 30 |
| 1988 | #2,437 | 24 |
| 1987 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,216 | 14 |
| 1984 | #1,842 | 30 |
| 1983 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #1,695 | 34 |
| 1980 | #1,910 | 29 |
| 1979 | #1,711 | 33 |
| 1978 | #1,326 | 47 |
| 1977 | #1,743 | 30 |
| 1976 | #1,748 | 29 |
| 1975 | #1,630 | 31 |
| 1974 | #1,290 | 43 |
| 1973 | #1,329 | 39 |
| 1972 | #1,508 | 32 |
| 1971 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1970 | #1,374 | 37 |
| 1969 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1968 | #1,006 | 54 |
| 1967 | #1,287 | 34 |
| 1966 | #1,149 | 42 |
| 1965 | #1,106 | 45 |
| 1964 | #1,327 | 35 |
| 1963 | #1,037 | 53 |
| 1962 | #1,137 | 46 |
| 1961 | #1,406 | 32 |
| 1960 | #1,139 | 47 |
| 1959 | #1,337 | 34 |
| 1958 | #1,060 | 52 |
| 1957 | #1,234 | 40 |
| 1956 | #1,203 | 40 |
| 1955 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1954 | #1,137 | 43 |
| 1953 | #1,280 | 34 |
| 1952 | #1,347 | 31 |
| 1951 | #1,052 | 46 |
| 1950 | #1,203 | 36 |
| 1949 | #1,047 | 45 |
| 1948 | #989 | 50 |
| 1947 | #1,108 | 43 |
| 1946 | #1,003 | 46 |
| 1945 | #1,249 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,018 | 41 |
| 1943 | #1,088 | 39 |
| 1942 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1941 | #938 | 46 |
| 1940 | #1,050 | 38 |
| 1939 | #836 | 53 |
| 1938 | #799 | 60 |
| 1937 | #942 | 44 |
| 1936 | #774 | 62 |
| 1935 | #716 | 72 |
| 1934 | #836 | 56 |
| 1933 | #775 | 62 |
| 1932 | #657 | 86 |
| 1931 | #800 | 61 |
| 1930 | #672 | 86 |
| 1929 | #599 | 102 |
| 1928 | #652 | 92 |
| 1927 | #690 | 88 |
| 1926 | #642 | 96 |
| 1925 | #577 | 116 |
| 1924 | #686 | 90 |
| 1923 | #660 | 94 |
| 1922 | #717 | 83 |
| 1921 | #625 | 103 |
| 1920 | #677 | 89 |
| 1919 | #760 | 72 |
| 1918 | #710 | 79 |
| 1917 | #599 | 98 |
| 1916 | #628 | 86 |
| 1915 | #570 | 99 |
| 1914 | #616 | 67 |
| 1913 | #759 | 38 |
| 1912 | #599 | 46 |
| 1911 | #732 | 19 |
| 1910 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Santo! It came in at #1,345, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1907–1908, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Santo is popular in 1964
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#479 · 1 in 10,280
- New York#515 · 1 in 10,127
Best ever in a state: #116 in Connecticut, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #479 | 6 | 1 in 10,280 |
| New York | #515 | 17 | 1 in 10,127 |
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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 Santo
- 422 spots since 2024 (#3,161 → #3,583)
- 692 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #3,583)
- 5,985 spots since 2015 (#9,568 → #3,583)
- Biggest jump: 480 spots in 1909 (#1,373 → #893)
- Biggest drop: 300 spots in 1910 (#893 → #1,193)
- Debuted 1907
- Peaked 1915 at #570 (99 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1911–1939
- Highest: 1 in 8,571 boys born in 1915 were named Santo (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 55,099 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.5% of all boys named Santo (953) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 21 | #893 (1909) | #1,204 |
| 1910s | 612 | #570 (1915) | #717 |
| 1920s | 953 | #577 (1925) | #653 |
| 1930s | 642 | #657 (1932) | #781 |
| 1940s | 416 | #938 (1941) | #1,056 |
| 1950s | 396 | #1,052 (1951) | #1,203 |
| 1960s | 434 | #1,006 (1968) | #1,175 |
| 1970s | 356 | #1,290 (1974) | #1,510 |
| 1980s | 245 | #1,695 (1981) | #2,350 |
| 1990s | 234 | #2,502 (1994) | #3,056 |
| 2000s | 225 | #3,061 (2001) | #4,172 |
| 2010s | 154 | #4,624 (2016) | #5,893 |
| 2020s | 188 | #2,952 (2023) | #3,646 |
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.
Santo in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 56,934 of them was named Santo, which outranked 71.1% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,311Ramsey36
- #1,311Rowland36
- #1,311Tyrus36
- #1,327Santo35
- #1,327Abelardo35
- #1,327Ari35
- #1,327Brion35
- #1,350Aloysius34
- #1,350Ariel34
- #1,350Arlan34
Tied with 22 names at #1,327; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.