Santo
Santo was the 3643rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 1915, when it ranked 571st; the most babies were born in 1925 (116). Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,787 places. More babies were named Santo in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,643 boys, up 754 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 31boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1925116 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,876babies recorded
Santo popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,643 | 31 |
| 2020 | #4,397 | 23 |
| 2010 | #5,003 | 19 |
| 2000 | #3,889 | 21 |
| 1990 | #3,044 | 21 |
| 1980 | #1,956 | 29 |
| 1970 | #1,393 | 37 |
| 1960 | #1,150 | 47 |
| 1950 | #1,217 | 36 |
| 1940 | #1,062 | 38 |
| 1930 | #677 | 86 |
| 1920 | #679 | 89 |
| 1910 | #1,293 | 8 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Santo, counting every spelling?
Santo has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Santo?
31 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Santo (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Santo 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 270 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Santo.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Santo?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Santo are alive today, with a median age of 49; half are between 26 and 66. That makes Santo mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
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.
Santo by state
How common Santo was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 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 Santo: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Santo, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Santo
How popular is the name Santo?
Santo was the 3643rd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 31 babies. Its best year was 1915, when it ranked 571st; the most babies were born in 1925 (116). Over the last ten years it has moved up 6,787 places. More babies were named Santo in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Santo a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Santo in the US.
Where is Santo most popular?
In 2021–2025, Santo was most common in New York (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Texas.