Unisex name · since 1915
Santana
7,785 babies named Santana in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,391 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #855 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,785
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Santana currently ranks #855 among unisex names in America, with 7,785 babies recorded since 1915.
Santana has 7,785 recorded births among boys since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #855 as of the latest data, more common than 94% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #1,391 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #855 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 7,785 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Santana ranks #1,391 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #855 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 7,785 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,391 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #855 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,785
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Santana's 7,785 recorded births place it above 96.93% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
35 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Santana compares
7,785 Top 10% higher than 90% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Santana's all-time total is 21x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Santana | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,785 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 522 | 34 | 22,252 |
Santana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Santana's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 93% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 7%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1918, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2020 peak of 522, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Santana popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 522
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Santana popularity over time - girls
5,941 total births recorded since 1910 (Santana as girls' name)
Santana by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,398 births, 31% of the file).
2010s was Santana's strongest decade.
2,398 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Santana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 66
1920s
66 births
- 1930s 40
1930s
40 births
- 1940s 34
1940s
34 births
- 1950s 46
1950s
46 births
- 1960s 63
1960s
63 births
- 1970s 304
1970s
304 births
- 1980s 290
1980s
290 births
- 1990s 652
1990s
652 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,479 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,398 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,396 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,398 births (31% of all-time use).
How Santana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Santana's total volume
Santana by state
Where Santana concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,239 | 15.9% |
| #2 | California | | 988 | 12.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 352 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 319 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 297 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 233 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 225 | 2.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 212 | 2.7% |
1,239 of 7,785 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Santana appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Santana's data
- Santana's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,398 total births) through the 2020s (2,396) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Santanas (1,239 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Santana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Santana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.