Santana
Santana was the 855th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 285 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 544th with 522 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 15 places. More babies were named Santana in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Saint Anne (Spanish place name) · Spanish, Portuguese
Say it san-TAN-uh /sænˈtænə/
- Rank in 2025
- #855 boys, down 311 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 285boys
- Girls and boys
- 25% girls, 75% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2020522 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,726babies recorded
What does the name Santana mean?
Santana is a Spanish and Portuguese surname that joins santa, saint, with Ana, Anne: "Saint Anne," as Wiktionary explains. It often comes from places named Santa Ana. Saint Anne is the mother of the Virgin Mary in Christian tradition, and Anne itself comes from Hebrew Hannah, "grace, favor" (DMNES). In the US Santana has been used as a given name since the 1910s.
santa (Spanish, “saint”)Ana (Spanish, “Anne”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Santa Ana, Ana, Anne.
See also: Spanish names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Santana' (Spanish section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Santana' (Portuguese section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Anne', DMNES (Durham University)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Santana popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,060 | #855 | 92 | 285 |
| 2020 | #1,604 | #544 | 131 | 522 |
| 2010 | #3,404 | #1,204 | 48 | 149 |
| 2000 | #1,063 | #1,127 | 196 | 124 |
| 1990 | #1,061 | #2,157 | 168 | 34 |
| 1980 | #4,477 | #1,955 | 17 | 29 |
| 1970 | — | #3,039 | — | 11 |
| 1960 | — | #4,516 | — | 5 |
| 1950 | — | #3,630 | — | 6 |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | #3,252 | — | 8 |
| 1920 | — | #3,449 | — | 8 |
| 1910 | #2,735 | — | 5 | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Santana, counting every spelling?
Santana is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #822 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #855 for Santana on its own. Together these spellings went to 285 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santana | 285 | #855 | 1,874 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Santana?
285 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Santana (0.08 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Santana born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 29 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Santana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Santana?
About 7,500 people born in the US named Santana are alive today, with a median age of 11; half are between 6 and 21. That makes Santana a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Santana by state
How common Santana was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Nevada (2.8×), Colorado (2.3×), Arizona (2.3×), Maryland (2.3×), Illinois (1.8×). In 21 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Santana: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Santana, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Santana · Sibling names for Santana
Questions about the name Santana
What does Santana mean?
Santana means “Saint Anne (Spanish place name)” (Spanish, Portuguese origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Santana?
Santana was the 855th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 285 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 544th with 522 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 15 places. More babies were named Santana in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Santana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 25% girls, 75% boys given the name Santana in the US.
Where is Santana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Santana was most common in Nevada (0.60 per 1,000 boys), followed by Colorado and Arizona.