Boys' name · since 1917
Sante
126 babies named Sante in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,923 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,797 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 126
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
126 babies have been named Sante since 1917, making it today's #9797 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Sante recorded 126 times among boys since 1917, holding rank #9797 nationally today, ahead of 30% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 2025.
- #15,923 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,797 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 126 born since 1917
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sante ranks #15,923 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,797 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 126 born since 1917, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,923 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,797 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 126
- born since 1917
- 2000s
- peak decade
Sante's 126 recorded births place it above 64.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Sante compares
126 30th percentile among 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
Sante's all-time total is 66% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sante | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 126 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 34 | 22,252 |
Sante's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Sante's SSA record in two at 1963 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1925, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1962 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Sante popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2025
- Peak year (1962)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 109 years of records
Sante by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 18% of the file).
2000s was Sante's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 18% of all-time use.
Sante births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
13 births
- 1920s
1920s
17 births
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
18 births
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (18% of all-time use).
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- Sante's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Sante: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~108 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, 1917–2025 (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 Sante 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.