Santa
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births · Last seen for boys in 1979 at #6,056
Given to girls 99.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1915 · 85 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,370since 1896
Santa over time
Rank among girls' names. Santa has never cracked the top 700 here.
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 | #7,885 | 13 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,300 | 24 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,356 | 20 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #10,690 | 9 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,228 | 19 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,653 | 18 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,857 | 22 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,278 | 43 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,874 | 56 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,968 | 45 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,097 | 41 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,133 | 38 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,920 | 43 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,035 | 41 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,781 | 50 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,667 | 52 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,881 | 39 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,700 | 44 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,655 | 46 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,747 | 44 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,015 | 34 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,708 | 44 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,435 | 60 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,542 | 52 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,985 | 32 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #1,557 | 47 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,407 | 56 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,598 | 44 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,423 | 50 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,256 | 62 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,565 | 39 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,454 | 44 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,339 | 48 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,241 | 55 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,423 | 42 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,313 | 49 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,397 | 44 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,481 | 35 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #1,187 | 44 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,467 | 32 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,153 | 47 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,418 | 30 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,347 | 31 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,127 | 41 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,116 | 41 | — | |
| 1936 | #993 | 48 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,264 | 32 | — | |
| 1934 | #993 | 48 | — | |
| 1933 | #999 | 48 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,192 | 36 | — | |
| 1931 | #941 | 54 | — | |
| 1930 | #867 | 68 | — | |
| 1929 | #981 | 54 | — | |
| 1928 | #902 | 66 | — | |
| 1927 | #883 | 71 | — | |
| 1926 | #888 | 70 | #2,904 | 9 |
| 1925 | #819 | 82 | — | |
| 1924 | #792 | 88 | — | |
| 1923 | #774 | 89 | — | |
| 1922 | #872 | 70 | — | |
| 1921 | #857 | 74 | — | |
| 1920 | #857 | 71 | — | |
| 1919 | #814 | 74 | — | |
| 1918 | #879 | 66 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #800 | 74 | — | |
| 1916 | #727 | 88 | — | |
| 1915 | #723 | 85 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #747 | 59 | — | |
| 1913 | #830 | 40 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 | — | |
| 1911 | #838 | 26 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | — | |
| 1908 | #882 | 20 | — | |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | #910 | 16 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,394 | 6 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Santa! It came in at #1,416, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1898, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Santa is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#279 · 1 in 3,136
- New Jersey#279 · 1 in 3,734
- Massachusetts#393 · 1 in 7,035
- Louisiana#446 · 1 in 3,753
- Illinois#454 · 1 in 6,470
Best ever in a state: #233 in Connecticut, 1915.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #279 | 8 | 1 in 3,734 |
| New York | #279 | 31 | 1 in 3,136 |
| Massachusetts | #393 | 5 | 1 in 7,035 |
| Louisiana | #446 | 5 | 1 in 3,753 |
| Illinois | #454 | 9 | 1 in 6,470 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| 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 Santa
- 2,585 spots since 2024 (#5,300 → #7,885)
- 2,365 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #7,885)
- 1,596 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #7,885)
- Biggest jump: 961 spots in 1907 (#1,951 → #990)
- Biggest drop: 510 spots in 1905 (#910 → #1,420)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1915 at #723 (85 births)
- Births halved by 1932, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1913–1931
- Highest: 1 in 11,575 girls born in 1915 were named Santa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 16.8% of all girls named Santa (735) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,394 (1899) | #1,405 |
| 1900s | 88 | #882 (1908) | #1,338 |
| 1910s | 556 | #723 (1915) | #839 |
| 1920s | 735 | #774 (1923) | #863 |
| 1930s | 453 | #867 (1930) | #1,069 |
| 1940s | 381 | #1,153 (1942) | #1,376 |
| 1950s | 477 | #1,241 (1950) | #1,483 |
| 1960s | 453 | #1,435 (1961) | #1,729 |
| 1970s | 439 | #1,781 (1970) | #2,021 |
| 1980s | 276 | #2,278 (1980) | #3,368 |
| 1990s | 216 | #3,942 (1996) | #4,754 |
| 2000s | 113 | #6,356 (2006) | #9,979 |
| 2010s | 97 | #9,036 (2013) | #10,577 |
| 2020s | 74 | #5,300 (2024) | #9,371 |
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.
Santa in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 14,612 of them was named Santa, which outranked 84.9% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).