Santino — #362 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Santino

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,683 babies named Santino between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Santino currently holds the #362 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 908 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Santino performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,394 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Santino shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,734 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Santino in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Santino in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 12,683 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.