Baby Name Popularity Profile

Santana

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Santana.

✦ Saint Anne 🌍 Spanish Spiritual Traditional
National Rank (2025) #855
All-Time Peak Rank #544 Achieved 2020
Total U.S. Births 7,785 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 73.3% Boy / 26.7% Girl Leans Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1915 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2010s 522 births in 2020
💡 The Santana Vibe: Considered a Modern Trend. A contemporary choice reflecting current cultural naming rhythms and popularity brackets.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Saint Anne
Language Origin Spanish
Origin Type single
Derived from the Spanish 'Santa Ana', meaning 'Saint Anne'.
Common Nicknames
Santi Tana
Pronunciation: san-TAH-nah
Themes & Categories
Spiritual Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Santana across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) -45.4%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +11.3%
2015: 256 births 256 2016: 262 births 2017: 237 births 2018: 326 births 2019: 404 births 2020: 522 births 522 2021: 489 births 2022: 385 births 2023: 403 births 2024: 312 births 2025: 285 births 285
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 522 births in 2020
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 67 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 17
1920s: 66
1930s: 40
1940s: 34
1950s: 46
1960s: 63
1970s: 304
1980s: 290
1990s: 652
2000s: 1,479
2010s: 2,398
2020s: 2,396

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables San-tan-a
Letter Count 7 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 54.1% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 54.1% of SSA names. Starts with S, a letter used by only 7.9% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Nevada
Top States Nevada, Colorado, Arizona, Texas, District of Columbia
States with Data 35
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Nevada #585 71 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #436 233 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #485 225 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #675 1,239 2023 34.3% Decline
District of Columbia Unranked 50 2014 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #621 161 2020 69.2% Decline
New Mexico Unranked 57 1999 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #1183 352 2021 Insufficient historical volume
California #563 988 2021 5.3% Decline
Virginia #720 200 2021 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #1016 212 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #1130 113 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #999 319 2020 75.8% Decline
Georgia #671 189 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #672 297 2020 53.3% Decline
Michigan #1092 211 2020 80.0% Decline
Tennessee Unranked 103 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #617 109 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana Unranked 66 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon Unranked 31 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri Unranked 58 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho Unranked 9 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin Unranked 43 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky Unranked 29 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania Unranked 85 2020 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey Unranked 41 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma Unranked 20 2023 Insufficient historical volume
New York #1995 112 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota Unranked 23 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas Unranked 11 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama Unranked 19 2020 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina Unranked 13 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Utah Unranked 7 2018 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska Unranked 6 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut Unranked 5 2021 Insufficient historical volume

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