Girls' name · since 1920
Santiaga
Santiaga has 71 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1922 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1920
- 1920s
- peak decade
Santiaga is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 71 have been recorded since 1920.
Santiaga has 71 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1947.
- #31,007 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 1920
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Santiaga ranks #31,007 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1920, peaking in the 1920s.
- #31,007 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1920
- 1920s
- peak decade
Santiaga's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Santiaga's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Santiaga's SSA record in two at 1928 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1931, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Santiaga popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1947
- Peak year (1922)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Santiaga by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (42 births, 59% of the file).
1920s was Santiaga's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Santiaga births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
42 births
- 1930s
1930s
17 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 42 births (59% of all-time use).
Santiaga by state
Where Santiaga concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 46 | 64.8% |
46 of 71 births nationwide.
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- Santiaga's decade-level peak was the 1920s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Santiagas (46 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Santiaga: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1920–1947 (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 Santiaga 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.