Santa — #5288 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Santa

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,357 babies named Santa between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Santa currently holds the #5288 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 89 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Santa performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 735 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Santa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,251 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Santa in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Santa in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,357 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.