Santos
Santos was given to 337 boys in 2025, #766 among boys’ names; 21,573 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 15,700 Americans named Santos and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 16 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Santos by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Santos?
#766 among boys’ names, 2025
Santos rose from #914 in 2015 to #766 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.12 to 0.20 per 1,000.
337 babies in 2025, the peak
Santos peaked in 2025, when 337 boys were given it, #766 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 297 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | under 5 | 337 | #766 | |
| 2024 | under 5 | 297 | #836 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 314 | #796 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 277 | #871 | |
| 2021 | under 5 | 274 | #857 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 244 | #918 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 220 | #975 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 205 | #1,011 | |
| 2017 | under 5 | 208 | #985 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 215 | #962 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 236 | #914 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 237 | #908 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 242 | #874 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 212 | #956 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 230 | #896 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 240 | #874 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 254 | #846 | |
| 2008 | 5 | #19,934 | 294 | #758 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,993 | 273 | #792 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,505 | 302 | #717 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,644 | 259 | #768 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,534 | 236 | #773 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,558 | 277 | #693 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,355 | 245 | #727 |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,417 | 246 | #717 |
| 2000 | 7 | #12,874 | 227 | #748 |
| 1999 | under 5 | 238 | #703 | |
| 1998 | 10 | #9,144 | 227 | #726 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,638 | 217 | #720 |
| 1996 | under 5 | 221 | #713 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 233 | #693 | |
| 1994 | 6 | #13,077 | 209 | #722 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,934 | 223 | #693 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,592 | 189 | #753 |
| 1991 | 8 | #10,042 | 215 | #686 |
| 1990 | 7 | #11,120 | 186 | #743 |
| 1989 | 6 | #12,016 | 172 | #751 |
| 1988 | 9 | #8,230 | 157 | #756 |
| 1987 | 12 | #6,239 | 178 | #681 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,335 | 185 | #660 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,590 | 176 | #668 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,679 | 162 | #682 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,837 | 199 | #608 |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,141 | 180 | #646 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,509 | 226 | #570 |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,265 | 221 | #577 |
| 1979 | 9 | #7,172 | 172 | #653 |
| 1978 | 17 | #4,213 | 172 | #638 |
| 1977 | 10 | #6,237 | 178 | #635 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,940 | 172 | #628 |
| 1975 | 24 | #3,033 | 190 | #586 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,995 | 172 | #613 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,602 | 173 | #602 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,255 | 159 | #624 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,241 | 188 | #607 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,291 | 174 | #617 |
| 1969 | 6 | #7,275 | 162 | #614 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,176 | 156 | #611 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,248 | 159 | #596 |
| 1966 | 18 | #3,018 | 143 | #620 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,711 | 140 | #636 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,658 | 158 | #621 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,604 | 149 | #646 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,965 | 165 | #603 |
| 1961 | 19 | #2,932 | 152 | #637 |
| 1960 | 20 | #2,801 | 142 | #655 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,447 | 159 | #613 |
| 1958 | 12 | #3,709 | 144 | #641 |
| 1957 | 16 | #3,011 | 149 | #630 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,441 | 136 | #651 |
| 1955 | 22 | #2,395 | 122 | #661 |
| 1954 | 29 | #1,978 | 160 | #585 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,821 | 123 | #642 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,065 | 100 | #700 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,798 | 134 | #608 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,758 | 124 | #618 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,557 | 139 | #571 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,455 | 123 | #614 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,625 | 154 | #542 |
| 1946 | 53 | #1,187 | 117 | #598 |
| 1945 | 50 | #1,117 | 122 | #543 |
| 1944 | 40 | #1,268 | 128 | #539 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,223 | 88 | #689 |
| 1942 | 49 | #1,135 | 103 | #623 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,204 | 83 | #675 |
| 1940 | 51 | #1,007 | 80 | #680 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,126 | 85 | #646 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,244 | 89 | #637 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,487 | 81 | #663 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,314 | 60 | #795 |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,196 | 77 | #691 |
| 1934 | 41 | #1,122 | 81 | #676 |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,035 | 88 | #618 |
| 1932 | 45 | #1,067 | 99 | #595 |
| 1931 | 32 | #1,311 | 86 | #640 |
| 1930 | 50 | #1,051 | 97 | #626 |
| 1929 | 55 | #977 | 92 | #643 |
| 1928 | 56 | #1,007 | 112 | #586 |
| 1927 | 63 | #961 | 126 | #550 |
| 1926 | 68 | #909 | 96 | #646 |
| 1925 | 82 | #827 | 125 | #553 |
| 1924 | 100 | #742 | 111 | #606 |
| 1923 | 71 | #878 | 106 | #619 |
| 1922 | 64 | #928 | 93 | #672 |
| 1921 | 58 | #985 | 98 | #654 |
| 1920 | 59 | #958 | 88 | #685 |
| 1919 | 57 | #940 | 75 | #745 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,121 | 64 | #822 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,278 | 62 | #802 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,112 | 47 | #936 |
| 1915 | 45 | #998 | 40 | #1,012 |
| 1914 | 34 | #1,031 | 35 | #946 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,118 | 12 | #1,660 |
| 1912 | 20 | #1,213 | 22 | #993 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,362 | 17 | #818 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,327 | 23 | #618 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,357 | 18 | #651 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,256 | 19 | #609 |
| 1907 | 18 | #920 | 13 | #769 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,037 | 19 | #543 |
| 1905 | 16 | #958 | 11 | #782 |
| 1904 | 17 | #902 | 8 | #951 |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,421 | 10 | #772 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,571 | 10 | #785 |
| 1901 | 8 | #1,318 | 11 | #675 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,215 | 9 | #958 |
| 1899 | 11 | #1,018 | under 5 | |
| 1898 | 8 | #1,363 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,368 | 5 | #1,202 |
| 1896 | 6 | #1,559 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,677 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | under 5 | 5 | #1,229 | |
| 1888 | 7 | #1,119 | 5 | #1,158 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,259 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 9 | #788 | under 5 | |
| 1880 | under 5 | 5 | #1,039 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Santos a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 21,573 Americans recorded as Santos, 13% are girls and 87% boys. In 2025 it went to 337 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Santos: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Santos, and how old are they?
15,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 21,573 Americans ever recorded as Santos. The median Santos alive today is 32 years old; half are between 16 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 40,112 people named Santos (5,816 women and girls, 34,296 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,890 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.7 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 | 556 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,130 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,620 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,090 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 3,990 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,280 |
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 Santos born?
The states with the most babies named Santos are California, Texas and Florida, with 60% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 83 | #399 | 1.7× |
| Texas | 68 | #498 | 5.7× |
| Florida | 19 | #804 | 0.6× |
| Arizona | 16 | #458 | 2.1× |
| Illinois | 13 | #704 | 0.6× |
| New Mexico | 10 | #211 | 2.2× |
| Nevada | 10 | #321 | 0.3× |
| Washington | 7 | #882 | 0.4× |
| Colorado | 7 | #744 | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 6 | #1,240 | 0.1× |
Where Santos is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Santos is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 5.7 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 Santos with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Santos
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 Santos and names like it
- Compare Santos and ReyesBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sSantos peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Santos since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Santos.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Santos alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with SMost given first.