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 2007
Top girls' names in 2007
Top boys' names in 2007
More about 2007
girls
1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 384,523 of them was named Santos, which outranked 14.3% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,075,414 boys got a published name in 2007; 1 in 7,602 of them was named Santos, which outranked 94.5% of the 14,394 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).