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.
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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 28,666 of them was named Santa, which outranked 84.3% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,857Serenity57
- #1,857Shanae57
- #1,857Shanel57
- #1,874Santa56
- #1,874Alfreda56
- #1,874Arianna56
- #1,874Beronica56
- #1,897Aliza55
- #1,897Andre55
- #1,897Bevin55
Tied with 22 names at #1,874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 344,307 of them was named Santa, which outranked 14.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,015 names at #6,056; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.