San
San is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 195066 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1911
- 2,489people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,868 girls have been named San in the United States since 1911, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1950, with 66 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1960s alone account for 25%.
San is used for both sexes: 25% of its bearers are boys (621), most of them born around 1984.
By decade
| Decade | girls named San | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 7 | |
| 1920s | 71 | |
| 1930s | 64 | |
| 1940s | 191 | |
| 1950s | 442 | |
| 1960s | 460 | |
| 1970s | 336 | |
| 1980s | 170 | |
| 1990s | 85 | |
| 2000s | 20 | |
| 2010s | 10 | |
| 2020s | 12 |
In 1950, its biggest year
San was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1950 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Barbara and Susan. See all of 1950.
Names that rose and fell with San
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lynellpeak 1971
- Michelinepeak 1951
- Carlettapeak 1970
- Lynettepeak 1965
- Christinepeak 1952
- Lynettapeak 1970
- Denysepeak 1956
- Donitapeak 1962
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.