Girls' name · since 1982
Santeria
Santeria has 40 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #37,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Santeria is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 40 have been recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Santeria recorded 40 times among girls since 1982, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 1998.
- #37,660 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 40 born since 1982
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Santeria ranks #37,660 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 40 born since 1982, peaking in the 1990s.
- #37,660 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 40
- born since 1982
- 1990s
- peak decade
Santeria's 40 recorded births place it above 47.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Santeria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Santeria splits its recorded history at 1992: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Santeria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1998
- Peak year (1993)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Santeria by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (29 births, 73% of the file).
1990s was Santeria's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Santeria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 29 births (73% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Santeria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1982–1998 (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 Santeria 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.