Santo

#3,583 for boys in 2025, 31 births

Peak · boys
#570
1915 · 99 births
Debut · boys
1907
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,876
since 1907

Santo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Santo has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #570, 1915boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#3,58331
2024#3,16138
2023#2,95242
2022#4,08926
2021#3,81428
2020#4,27523
2019#5,81315
2018#5,54016
2017#5,29717
2016#4,62421
2015#9,5687
2014#6,63212
2013#5,40416
2012#5,25617
2011#5,94514
2010#4,84819
2009#4,03525
2008#6,76312
2007#3,59129
2006#4,52020
2005#5,03416
2004#3,28529
2003#4,11420
2002#3,55424
2001#3,06129
2000#3,76421
1999#3,98618
1998#3,70819
1997#3,26122
1996#3,02124
1995#2,55629
1994#2,50230
1993#2,86524
1992#2,59927
1991#3,10520
1990#2,95221
1989#2,24530
1988#2,43724
1987#2,40023
1986#3,44013
1985#3,21614
1984#1,84230
1983#2,20823
1982#2,11125
1981#1,69534
1980#1,91029
1979#1,71133
1978#1,32647
1977#1,74330
1976#1,74829
1975#1,63031
1974#1,29043
1973#1,32939
1972#1,50832
1971#1,44135
1970#1,37437
1969#1,15246
1968#1,00654
1967#1,28734
1966#1,14942
1965#1,10645
1964#1,32735
1963#1,03753
1962#1,13746
1961#1,40632
1960#1,13947
1959#1,33734
1958#1,06052
1957#1,23440
1956#1,20340
1955#1,18140
1954#1,13743
1953#1,28034
1952#1,34731
1951#1,05246
1950#1,20336
1949#1,04745
1948#98950
1947#1,10843
1946#1,00346
1945#1,24928
1944#1,01841
1943#1,08839
1942#1,07440
1941#93846
1940#1,05038
1939#83653
1938#79960
1937#94244
1936#77462
1935#71672
1934#83656
1933#77562
1932#65786
1931#80061
1930#67286
1929#599102
1928#65292
1927#69088
1926#64296
1925#577116
1924#68690
1923#66094
1922#71783
1921#625103
1920#67789
1919#76072
1918#71079
1917#59998
1916#62886
1915#57099
1914#61667
1913#75938
1912#59946
1911#73219
1910#1,1938
1909#89311
1908#1,3735
1907#1,3455
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First appearance
1907

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.

See more about Santo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1907
  • Peaked 1915 at #570 (99 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1911–1939
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,571
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 19.5% of all boys named Santo (953) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s21#893 (1909)#1,204
1910s612#570 (1915)#717
1920s953#577 (1925)#653
1930s642#657 (1932)#781
1940s416#938 (1941)#1,056
1950s396#1,052 (1951)#1,203
1960s434#1,006 (1968)#1,175
1970s356#1,290 (1974)#1,510
1980s245#1,695 (1981)#2,350
1990s234#2,502 (1994)#3,056
2000s225#3,061 (2001)#4,172
2010s154#4,624 (2016)#5,893
2020s188#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 1970

boys
#1,374
37 births · 1 in 50,222 boys

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #1,374Santo37
More about 1970

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 50,222 of them was named Santo, which outranked 74.7% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Santo
  1. #1,351Tige38
  2. #1,351Trevis38
  3. #1,351Wendel38
  4. #1,374Santo37
  5. #1,374Amado37
  6. #1,374Cal37
  7. #1,374Corby37
  8. #1,396Blas36
  9. #1,396Burl36
  10. #1,396Courtland36

Tied with 21 names at #1,374; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →