Boys' name · since 1999
Santhosh
60 babies named Santhosh in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,931 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 60
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Santhosh sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 60 recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Santhosh has been recorded 60 times among boys since 1999, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2014.
- #20,931 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 60 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Santhosh ranks #20,931 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,931 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 60
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Santhosh's 60 recorded births place it above 53.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Santhosh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Santhosh's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Santhosh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2014
- Peak year (2002)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Santhosh by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (29 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Santhosh's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Santhosh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 29 births (48% of all-time use).
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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, 1999–2014 (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 Santhosh 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.