Boys' name · since 1922
Santy
Santy has 166 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,110 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,324 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 1922
- 2020s
- peak decade
Santy currently ranks #3324 among boys' names in America, with 166 babies recorded since 1922.
Santy has 166 recorded births among boys since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3324 as of the latest data, more common than 76% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 2025.
- #14,110 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,324 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 166 born since 1922
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Santy ranks #14,110 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,324 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 166 born since 1922, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,110 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,324 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 166
- born since 1922
- 2020s
- peak decade
Santy's 166 recorded births place it above 68.95% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Santy compares
166 35th percentile among 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
Santy's all-time total is 55% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Santy | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 166 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 35 | 34 | 22,252 |
Santy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Santy's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 73% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 27%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1922, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 35, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Santy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Santy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (121 births, 73% of the file).
2020s was Santy's strongest decade.
121 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Santy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 35
2010s
35 births
- 2020s
2020s
121 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 121 births (73% of all-time use).
Santy by state
Where Santy concentrates geographically, total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 3.6% |
6 of 166 births nationwide.
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What to do with Santy's data
- California records the most Santys (6 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.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Santy: 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 (~103 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, 1922–2025 (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 Santy 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.