Baby Name Popularity Profile

Santos

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

✦ Saints 🌍 Spanish, Latin Spiritual Traditional
National Rank (2025) #766
All-Time Peak Rank #539 Achieved 1944
Total U.S. Births 18,814 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 99.6% Boy / 0.4% Girl Overwhelmingly Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1880 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2000s 337 births in 2025
💡 The Santos Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Saints
Language Origin Spanish, Latin
Origin Type multiple
Derived from the Spanish word 'santos', meaning 'saints', which comes from the Latin 'sanctus' meaning 'holy'.
Common Nicknames
Santo
Pronunciation: SAHN-tos
Themes & Categories
Spiritual Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

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

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +38.1%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +42.8%
2015: 236 births 236 2016: 215 births 2017: 208 births 2018: 205 births 2019: 220 births 2020: 244 births 244 2021: 274 births 2022: 277 births 2023: 314 births 2024: 297 births 2025: 337 births 337
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 337 births in 2025
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 126 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 10
1890s: 10
1900s: 128
1910s: 397
1920s: 1,047
1930s: 843
1940s: 1,137
1950s: 1,351
1960s: 1,526
1970s: 1,750
1980s: 1,856
1990s: 2,158
2000s: 2,613
2010s: 2,245
2020s: 1,743

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Sant-os
Letter Count 6 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 25.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 25.7% 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 Texas
Top States Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, New York
States with Data 30
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Texas #498 7,402 1947 +23.6% Growth
New Mexico #211 299 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #458 649 2003 Insufficient historical volume
California #399 3,567 2025 +33.9% Growth
New York Unranked 1,137 1970 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #804 436 2005 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #704 606 1971 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #744 129 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada #321 35 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #882 159 1999 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey Unranked 271 1974 Insufficient historical volume
Connecticut Unranked 43 1971 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #1514 98 2021 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina Unranked 91 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon #694 26 2007 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #1227 58 2008 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan Unranked 87 2002 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas Unranked 21 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland #904 30 2011 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts Unranked 46 1987 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #1023 32 2007 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska #502 10 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania Unranked 71 1973 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #1240 58 2005 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #792 16 2007 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #870 15 2010 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #1055 15 2005 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama Unranked 10 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas Unranked 5 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota Unranked 6 2018 Insufficient historical volume

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