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 | |
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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 | |
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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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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 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#217 · 1 in 877
- New Mexico#329 · 1 in 1,817
- Tennessee#771 · 1 in 7,368
- Texas#866 · 1 in 9,532
- North Carolina#881 · 1 in 8,719
Best ever in a state: #113 in District of Columbia, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #217 | 5 | 1 in 877 |
| New Mexico | #329 | 6 | 1 in 1,817 |
| Tennessee | #771 | 5 | 1 in 7,368 |
| Texas | #866 | 19 | 1 in 9,532 |
| North Carolina | #881 | 6 | 1 in 8,719 |
| Ohio | #1,049 | 5 | 1 in 13,105 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,049 | 5 | 1 in 12,757 |
| California | #1,117 | 16 | 1 in 15,885 |
| Florida | #1,138 | 8 | 1 in 12,375 |
| Illinois | #1,272 | 5 | 1 in 15,430 |
| New York | #1,696 | 5 | 1 in 21,655 |
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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 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 21,739 of them was named Santana, which outranked 88.7% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,140Shantel86
- #2,140Sylvie86
- #2,140Yaquelin86
- #2,160Santana85
- #2,160Alyna85
- #2,160Arianne85
- #2,160Billie85
- #2,180Adelynn84
- #2,180Afton84
- #2,180Anahy84
Tied with 19 names at #2,160; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 14,795 of them was named Santana, which outranked 91.2% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,170Sameer136
- #1,170Tegan136
- #1,170Vernon136
- #1,182Santana135
- #1,182Abdiel135
- #1,182Alton135
- #1,182Eden135
- #1,191Benson134
- #1,191Izaac134
- #1,191Jahir134
Tied with 8 names at #1,182; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.