Meaning not yet researched.
Santana: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 285 in 2025. Its best rank was #544 in 2020.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #544 in 2020; #855 in 2025. About 76% of babies named Santana in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#855 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2020, at #544.
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Santana: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 285 boys in 2025. Peak: #544 in 2020 · most boys in one year: 522 (2020).
In 2025, 285 US boys were named Santana, making it the 855th most common boys’ name of the year, down 44 places from #811 in 2024. That is 27 fewer than the 312 boys named Santana in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #544, reached in 2020. That year also had the most boys given the name: 522. For comparison, it was #870 in 2015 and #3,630 in 1950.
In 2025, 92 US girls were named Santana, making it the 2,060th most common girls’ name of the year, down 178 places from #1,882 in 2024. That is 15 fewer than the 107 girls named Santana in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #522, reached in 1985. That year also had the most girls given the name: 385. For comparison, it was #1,766 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Santana in 97 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1910 with 5 babies. In all, 13,726 US babies have been given the name, 43% of them girls and 57% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,370 babies named Santana.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,625 US boys were named Santana; the busiest of those years was 2020, with 522. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,993 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Santana ranked highest in Colorado in 2025, at #436 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Santina (3,102 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Santanna, Santiana and Santanah are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Santanna (952), Santiana (84), Santanah (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Santana in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 14 | #436 | #584 |
| Arizona | 15 | #485 | — |
| California | 54 | #563 | #792 |
| Nevada | 5 | #585 | #566 |
| Indiana | 11 | #617 | #998 |
| Maryland | 8 | #621 | #387 |
| Georgia | 15 | #671 | #776 |
| Illinois | 14 | #672 | #820 |
| Texas | 44 | #675 | #794 |
| Virginia | 10 | #720 | #577 |
| Ohio | 8 | #999 | #474 |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,016 | #617 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,092 | #1,211 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,130 | — |
| Florida | 11 | #1,183 | #648 |
| New York | 5 | #1,995 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 92 | #2,060 | 285 | #855 |
| 2024 | 107 | #1,882 | 312 | #811 |
| 2023 | 142 | #1,518 | 403 | #677 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,916 | 385 | #690 |
| 2021 | 165 | #1,345 | 489 | #572 |
| 2020 | 131 | #1,604 | 522 | #544 |
| 2019 | 127 | #1,665 | 404 | #656 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,759 | 326 | #735 |
| 2017 | 102 | #1,962 | 237 | #906 |
| 2016 | 112 | #1,853 | 262 | #862 |
| 2015 | 119 | #1,766 | 256 | #870 |
| 2014 | 106 | #1,905 | 244 | #887 |
| 2013 | 89 | #2,135 | 205 | #979 |
| 2012 | 72 | #2,541 | 163 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 80 | #2,343 | 152 | #1,171 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,404 | 149 | #1,204 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,122 | 185 | #1,038 |
| 2008 | 61 | #2,918 | 174 | #1,079 |
| 2007 | 70 | #2,638 | 188 | #1,015 |
| 2006 | 92 | #2,125 | 224 | #883 |
| 2005 | 85 | #2,177 | 135 | #1,189 |
| 2004 | 85 | #2,133 | 114 | #1,308 |
| 2003 | 81 | #2,161 | 132 | #1,147 |
| 2002 | 108 | #1,707 | 99 | #1,342 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,935 | 104 | #1,281 |
| 2000 | 196 | #1,063 | 124 | #1,127 |
| 1999 | 130 | #1,368 | 104 | #1,223 |
| 1998 | 137 | #1,305 | 82 | #1,404 |
| 1997 | 139 | #1,271 | 87 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 135 | #1,287 | 68 | #1,497 |
| 1995 | 132 | #1,278 | 71 | #1,413 |
| 1994 | 166 | #1,089 | 82 | #1,294 |
| 1993 | 160 | #1,125 | 57 | #1,596 |
| 1992 | 235 | #851 | 37 | #2,122 |
| 1991 | 175 | #1,049 | 30 | #2,390 |
| 1990 | 168 | #1,061 | 34 | #2,157 |
| 1989 | 172 | #1,006 | 25 | #2,603 |
| 1988 | 166 | #995 | 35 | #1,906 |
| 1987 | 227 | #784 | 23 | #2,456 |
| 1986 | 383 | #535 | 39 | #1,661 |
| 1985 | 385 | #522 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1984 | 214 | #757 | 39 | #1,574 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,973 | 22 | #2,326 |
| 1982 | 14 | #5,142 | 27 | #2,051 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,496 | 21 | #2,402 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,477 | 29 | #1,955 |
| 1979 | 9 | #7,173 | 29 | #1,900 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,480 | 23 | #2,116 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,811 | 27 | #1,897 |
| 1976 | 17 | #3,924 | 37 | #1,496 |
| 1975 | 9 | #6,347 | 30 | #1,694 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,273 | 33 | #1,540 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,791 | 36 | #1,429 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,483 | 43 | #1,284 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,757 | 35 | #1,462 |
| 1970 | — | — | 11 | #3,039 |
| 1969 | — | — | 5 | #4,914 |
| 1968 | — | — | 5 | #4,639 |
| 1967 | — | — | 7 | #3,496 |
| 1966 | — | — | 6 | #3,884 |
| 1965 | — | — | 5 | #4,344 |
| 1964 | — | — | 7 | #3,554 |
| 1963 | — | — | 6 | #3,981 |
| 1962 | — | — | 12 | #2,483 |
| 1961 | — | — | 5 | #4,566 |
| 1960 | — | — | 5 | #4,516 |
| 1959 | — | — | 9 | #3,007 |
| 1957 | — | — | 5 | #4,466 |
| 1956 | — | — | 8 | #3,168 |
| 1955 | — | — | 8 | #3,170 |
| 1954 | — | — | 5 | #4,287 |
| 1953 | — | — | 5 | #4,264 |
| 1950 | — | — | 6 | #3,630 |
| 1948 | — | — | 7 | #3,279 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,990 | 5 | #4,184 |
| 1946 | — | — | 6 | #3,475 |
| 1945 | — | — | 7 | #2,958 |
| 1944 | — | — | 9 | #2,608 |
| 1938 | — | — | 7 | #3,126 |
| 1936 | — | — | 8 | #2,820 |
| 1935 | — | — | 5 | #4,073 |
| 1934 | — | — | 7 | #3,234 |
| 1932 | — | — | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1930 | — | — | 8 | #3,252 |
| 1929 | — | — | 8 | #3,209 |
| 1928 | — | — | 6 | #4,084 |
| 1927 | — | — | 9 | #3,111 |
| 1926 | — | — | 6 | #4,112 |
| 1925 | — | — | 6 | #4,124 |
| 1924 | — | — | 9 | #3,216 |
| 1923 | — | — | 5 | #4,789 |
| 1922 | — | — | 9 | #3,209 |
| 1920 | — | — | 8 | #3,449 |
| 1919 | — | — | 6 | #4,097 |
| 1918 | — | — | 5 | #4,704 |
| 1915 | — | — | 6 | #3,764 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,735 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).