Unisex name · since 1880
Santos
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 18,814 babies named Santos, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #857 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #763 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,814
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Santos currently ranks #763 among unisex names in America, with 18,814 babies recorded since 1880.
Santos has 18,814 recorded births among boys since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #763 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #857 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #763 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 18,814 born since 1880
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Santos ranks #857 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #763 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 18,814 born since 1880, peaking in the 2000s.
- #857 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #763 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 18,814
- born since 1880
- 2000s
- peak decade
Santos's 18,814 recorded births place it above 98.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Santos compares
18,814 Top 7% higher than 93% 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
Santos's all-time total is 51x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Santos | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 18,814 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 337 | 34 | 22,252 |
Santos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Santos's full recorded timeline at 1961, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1880, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 337 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Santos popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 337
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Santos popularity over time - girls
2,759 total births recorded since 1885 (Santos as girls' name)
Santos by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (2,613 births, 14% of the file).
2000s was Santos's strongest decade.
2,613 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Santos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 10
1880s
10 births
- 1890s 10
1890s
10 births
- 1900s 128
1900s
128 births
- 1910s 397
1910s
397 births
- 1920s
1920s
1,047 births
- 1930s 843
1930s
843 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,137 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,351 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,526 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,750 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,856 births
- 1990s
1990s
2,158 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,613 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,245 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,743 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 2,613 births (14% of all-time use).
How Santos 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 Santos's total volume
Santos by state
Where Santos concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 7,402 | 39.3% |
| #2 | California | | 3,567 | 19.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 1,137 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 649 | 3.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 606 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Florida | | 436 | 2.3% |
| #7 | New Mexico | | 299 | 1.6% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 271 | 1.4% |
7,402 of 18,814 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Santos appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Santos's data
- Santos's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (2,613 total births) through the 2020s (1,743) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Santoss (7,402 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Santos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Santos 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.