Santos
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · #763 for boys in 2025, 337 births
Given to boys 87.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1906 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 18,814since 1880
Santos 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 | — | #763 | 337 | |
| 2024 | — | #834 | 297 | |
| 2023 | — | #795 | 314 | |
| 2022 | — | #867 | 277 | |
| 2021 | — | #855 | 274 | |
| 2020 | — | #916 | 244 | |
| 2019 | — | #974 | 220 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,009 | 205 | |
| 2017 | — | #985 | 208 | |
| 2016 | — | #958 | 215 | |
| 2015 | — | #913 | 236 | |
| 2014 | — | #906 | 237 | |
| 2013 | — | #872 | 242 | |
| 2012 | — | #949 | 212 | |
| 2011 | — | #896 | 230 | |
| 2010 | — | #874 | 240 | |
| 2009 | — | #843 | 254 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #755 | 294 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #789 | 273 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #715 | 302 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #764 | 259 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #767 | 236 |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | #693 | 277 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #724 | 245 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #714 | 246 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #747 | 227 |
| 1999 | — | #704 | 238 | |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 | #724 | 227 |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | #721 | 217 |
| 1996 | — | #714 | 221 | |
| 1995 | — | #696 | 233 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #722 | 209 |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | #691 | 223 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | #752 | 189 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #689 | 215 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 | #745 | 186 |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #751 | 172 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #756 | 157 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #680 | 178 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #659 | 185 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | #665 | 176 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | #679 | 162 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | #605 | 199 |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | #642 | 180 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | #569 | 226 |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | #577 | 221 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #653 | 172 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 | #636 | 172 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #634 | 178 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #627 | 172 |
| 1975 | #2,969 | 24 | #585 | 190 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 | #612 | 172 |
| 1973 | #3,481 | 18 | #601 | 173 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #624 | 159 |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | #607 | 188 |
| 1970 | #3,208 | 20 | #617 | 174 |
| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 | #613 | 162 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #609 | 156 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #596 | 159 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 | #619 | 143 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #635 | 140 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 | #621 | 158 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #640 | 149 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 | #603 | 165 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 | #636 | 152 |
| 1960 | #2,729 | 20 | #654 | 142 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | #613 | 159 |
| 1958 | #3,543 | 12 | #641 | 144 |
| 1957 | #2,926 | 16 | #628 | 149 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | #650 | 136 |
| 1955 | #2,341 | 22 | #660 | 122 |
| 1954 | #1,949 | 29 | #586 | 160 |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | #642 | 123 |
| 1952 | #2,023 | 25 | #699 | 100 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 | #601 | 134 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | #616 | 124 |
| 1949 | #1,543 | 36 | #569 | 139 |
| 1948 | #1,439 | 41 | #613 | 123 |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 | #541 | 154 |
| 1946 | #1,179 | 53 | #592 | 117 |
| 1945 | #1,114 | 50 | #540 | 122 |
| 1944 | #1,255 | 40 | #537 | 128 |
| 1943 | #1,212 | 44 | #681 | 88 |
| 1942 | #1,126 | 49 | #620 | 103 |
| 1941 | #1,184 | 40 | #671 | 83 |
| 1940 | #997 | 51 | #676 | 80 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | #642 | 85 |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 | #635 | 89 |
| 1937 | #1,451 | 26 | #661 | 81 |
| 1936 | #1,296 | 31 | #787 | 60 |
| 1935 | #1,182 | 36 | #688 | 77 |
| 1934 | #1,098 | 41 | #673 | 81 |
| 1933 | #1,024 | 46 | #617 | 88 |
| 1932 | #1,056 | 45 | #592 | 99 |
| 1931 | #1,287 | 32 | #638 | 86 |
| 1930 | #1,041 | 50 | #625 | 97 |
| 1929 | #968 | 55 | #639 | 92 |
| 1928 | #994 | 56 | #584 | 112 |
| 1927 | #955 | 63 | #549 | 126 |
| 1926 | #903 | 68 | #642 | 96 |
| 1925 | #819 | 82 | #549 | 125 |
| 1924 | #736 | 100 | #606 | 111 |
| 1923 | #871 | 71 | #616 | 106 |
| 1922 | #917 | 64 | #666 | 93 |
| 1921 | #969 | 58 | #652 | 98 |
| 1920 | #949 | 59 | #680 | 88 |
| 1919 | #933 | 57 | #738 | 75 |
| 1918 | #1,102 | 44 | #818 | 64 |
| 1917 | #1,261 | 33 | #797 | 62 |
| 1916 | #1,100 | 41 | #922 | 47 |
| 1915 | #990 | 45 | #996 | 40 |
| 1914 | #1,023 | 34 | #933 | 35 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,178 | 20 | #970 | 22 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 | #793 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | #598 | 23 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | #636 | 18 |
| 1908 | #1,203 | 12 | #585 | 19 |
| 1907 | #898 | 18 | #735 | 13 |
| 1906 | #1,002 | 14 | #523 | 19 |
| 1905 | #926 | 16 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #880 | 17 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | #734 | 10 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | #637 | 11 |
| 1900 | #1,171 | 11 | #902 | 9 |
| 1899 | #983 | 11 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,263 | 8 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #1,416 | 6 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | #1,066 | 5 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | #1,036 | 7 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 | — | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Santos was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Santos
- 71 spots since 2024 (#834 → #763)
- 153 spots since 2020 (#916 → #763)
- 150 spots since 2015 (#913 → #763)
- Biggest jump: 647 spots in 1914 (#1,580 → #933)
- Biggest drop: 610 spots in 1913 (#970 → #1,580)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1906 at #523 (19 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1914–2017
- Highest: 1 in 5,068 boys born in 2025 were named Santos (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #523 in 1906, was only 1 in 7,008 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 13.9% of all boys named Santos (2,613) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1915, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #909 (1880) | #970 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,057 (1897) | #1,062 |
| 1900s | 128 | #523 (1906) | #711 |
| 1910s | 397 | #598 (1910) | #915 |
| 1920s | 1,047 | #549 (1927) | #618 |
| 1930s | 843 | #592 (1932) | #656 |
| 1940s | 1,137 | #537 (1944) | #604 |
| 1950s | 1,351 | #586 (1954) | #634 |
| 1960s | 1,526 | #596 (1967) | #623 |
| 1970s | 1,750 | #585 (1975) | #620 |
| 1980s | 1,856 | #569 (1981) | #658 |
| 1990s | 2,158 | #689 (1991) | #716 |
| 2000s | 2,613 | #693 (2003) | #751 |
| 2010s | 2,245 | #872 (2013) | #934 |
| 2020s | 1,743 | #763 (2025) | #838 |
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.
Santos in 1943
Top girls' names in 1943
Top boys' names in 1943
More about 1943
girls
1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 31,711 of them was named Santos, which outranked 77.4% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,206Magnolia45
- #1,206Marilynne45
- #1,206Zora45
- #1,212Santos44
- #1,212Augustine44
- #1,212Barrie44
- #1,212Collette44
- #1,228Bethany43
- #1,228Bettina43
- #1,228Coral43
Tied with 15 names at #1,212; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 16,219 of them was named Santos, which outranked 83.1% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).