Santo
Santo was given to 31 boys in 2025, #3,642 among boys’ names; 4,876 Americans have been recorded with it since 1907 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,210 Americans named Santo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (45% of everyone recorded); the median is 49 years old and half are between 26 and 66.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Santo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Santo?
#3,642 among boys’ names, 2025
Santo rose from #10,424 in 2015 to #3,642 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 3.7 to 18.1 per million.
116 babies in 1925, the peak
Santo peaked in 1925, when 116 boys were given it, #583 among boys’ names. The 31 births of 2025 are 27% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,642 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,204 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,992 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,164 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,895 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,393 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 15 | #6,048 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,729 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,482 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,747 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (119)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | #10,424 | under 0.01 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,977 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,606 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,440 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 14 | #6,190 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 19 | #5,000 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,137 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 12 | #7,107 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,675 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,643 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,232 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,352 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,245 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,643 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,124 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,883 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 18 | #4,121 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,817 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,325 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,085 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,610 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,544 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,923 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,648 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,198 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 21 | #3,038 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,280 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,493 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,453 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,616 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,356 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,878 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,261 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,157 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,721 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,956 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,749 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,348 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,769 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,775 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 31 | #1,653 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,304 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,349 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,532 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,463 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,392 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,163 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,015 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,308 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,157 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,123 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,346 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,046 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,143 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,431 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,149 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,357 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,069 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,245 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,212 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,194 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,149 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,302 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,375 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,063 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,216 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,060 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 50 | #998 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,114 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,014 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,263 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,035 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,101 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,087 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 46 | #949 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,062 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 53 | #843 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 60 | #806 | 0.05 |
| 1937 | 44 | #955 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 62 | #779 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 72 | #724 | 0.07 |
| 1934 | 56 | #841 | 0.05 |
| 1933 | 62 | #780 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 86 | #662 | 0.08 |
| 1931 | 61 | #807 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 86 | #677 | 0.08 |
| 1929 | 102 | #601 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 92 | #656 | 0.08 |
| 1927 | 88 | #694 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 96 | #645 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 116 | #583 | 0.10 |
| 1924 | 90 | #690 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 94 | #662 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 83 | #721 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 103 | #628 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 89 | #679 | 0.08 |
| 1919 | 72 | #764 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 79 | #722 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 98 | #602 | 0.11 |
| 1916 | 86 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1915 | 99 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 67 | #620 | 0.10 |
| 1913 | 38 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 46 | #607 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 19 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,292 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 11 | #947 | 0.07 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,557 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,512 | 0.03 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Santo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Santo has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 119 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Santo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Santo, and how old are they?
2,210 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 45% of the 4,876 Americans ever recorded as Santo. The median Santo alive today is 49 years old; half are between 26 and 66.
The 2020 Census counted 4,448 people named Santo (139 women and girls, 4,309 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,306 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 163 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 522 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 533 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 371 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 328 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 290 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Santo born?
The states with the most babies named Santo are New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, with 83% of its births recorded by state since 1910; New Jersey is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,736 | not ranked | 4.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 299 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 233 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Massachusetts | 194 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 107 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Connecticut | 91 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 35 | #2,175 | 0.1× |
| Ohio | 13 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Maryland | 6 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Michigan | 5 | not ranked | 0.0× |
Where Santo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Santo is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 4.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Santo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 6,292 babies since 1880, Santo is the most given (77% of them). In 2025 it was given to 31 of their 270 babies (11%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Santo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Santo and names like it
- Compare Santo and SantiBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sSanto peaked in 1925.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Santo since 1910.
- The top names of 1925The year the most babies were named Santo.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Santo alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with SMost given first.