Boys' name · since 1913

Santino

Santino has 13,624 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#1,021 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#353 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
13,624
born since 1913
2020s
peak decade

13,624 babies have been named Santino since 1913, making it today's #353 boys' name.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Santino has been recorded 13,624 times among boys since 1913, currently ranked #353 nationally and more common than 97% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.

  • #1,021 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #353 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 13,624 born since 1913
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Santino ranks #1,021 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #353 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 13,624 born since 1913, peaking in the 2020s.

#1,021 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#353 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
13,624
born since 1913
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%97.4%
Santino vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Upper archive tier
All-time archive position

Santino's 13,624 recorded births place it above 97.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

34 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Santino compares

13,624 Top 8% higher than 92% 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

Santino's all-time total is 37x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Santino Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 13,624 369 358,536
Peak-year births 934 34 22,252

Santino's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Santino splits its recorded history at 1990: 92% of all births land in the more recent half, 8% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1929 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 934 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Santino popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025

Top 1,000 boys' name
Peak year (2025)
934
Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
02004006008001,000 191319271972198119901999200820172025 934

Santino by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (4,691 births, 34% of the file).

2020s was Santino's strongest decade.

4,691 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.

Santino births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,691 births (34% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Santino 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 Santino's total volume

Santino vs 15 similarly-sized boys names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -70, 3.8%-102, 4.7%-53, 7.4%-146, 6.2%-21, 14.9%-141, 9.4%-86, 4.6%-138, 5.2%-70, 3.9%-56, 5.9%-138, 3.6%-146, 3.3%-65, 4.2%-146, 2%-135, 1.9%Santino-113, 6.9%Santino
Santino vs 15 similarly-sized boys names

Santino by state

Where Santino concentrates geographically, total births since 1913

Regionally concentrated
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Santino
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
2,944 21.6%
#2 New York
1,467 10.8%
#3 New Jersey
972 7.1%
#4 Pennsylvania
941 6.9%
#5 Illinois
923 6.8%
#6 Texas
670 4.9%
#7 Michigan
595 4.4%
#8 Ohio
566 4.2%
California share of Santino's total US births 21.6%
Even split

2,944 of 13,624 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.

Santino appears in 34 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Santino? ▼
13,624 babies have been named Santino since 1913. All-time, it sits at #1,021 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #353 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2025 with 934 births.
Where does Santino sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Santino ranks #1,021 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #353 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Santino most popular? ▼
Santino was most popular in the 2020s decade with 4,691 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Santino most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Santino are California (2,944 births), New York (1,467 births), New Jersey (972 births).
How long has the name Santino been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Santino since 1913 -- 113 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Santino? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Santiago, Santos, Sanford, Sandy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Santino's data

  • California records the most Santinos (2,944 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Santino

Nearby Names Like Santino

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Santino

Santiago Boy
#26 103,828 births
Santos Boy
#763 18,814 births
Sanford Boy
#6805 15,044 births
Sandy Boy
#6807 10,458 births
Santana Boy
#855 7,785 births

Compare Santino side by side: Santino vs Santiago Santino vs Santos Santino vs Sanford

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Related Names

Names with a similar popularity rank to Santino

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Ibrahim #351
17,907 births · Peak 2025
Joaquin #355
35,601 births · Peak 2008
Leonel #350
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Briggs #356
9,377 births · Peak 2024
Kade #349
23,294 births · Peak 2024
Bryce #357
124,103 births · Peak 2000

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Santino: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1913–2025 (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 Santino 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.