Santos
Santos is ranked 833rd among boys in 2024 (297 births). Its best rank was 539th, in 1944.
- Rank in 2024
- #833down 38 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2970.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023314 births
- Best rank
- #539in 1944
- Since 1880
- 21,232people given the name
The story in the numbers
18,473 boys have been named Santos in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 314 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 2000s alone account for 14%. It has spent 122 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 2,759 girls have also been given it, 13% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Santos | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 10 | |
| 1900s | 128 | |
| 1910s | 397 | |
| 1920s | 1,047 | |
| 1930s | 843 | |
| 1940s | 1,137 | |
| 1950s | 1,351 | |
| 1960s | 1,526 | |
| 1970s | 1,748 | |
| 1980s | 1,856 | |
| 1990s | 2,158 | |
| 2000s | 2,613 | |
| 2010s | 2,245 | |
| 2020s | 1,404 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Santos was the 795th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Santos
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ignaciopeak 2006
- Geronimopeak 2009
- Marcelinopeak 2006
- Noelpeak 2014
- Reyespeak 1999
- Luciopeak 2024
- Benitopeak 2023
- Marcelpeak 2022
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.