first name
SAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,389 people named San, 69.9% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 14.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.3% as White. 50.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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San peaked in 1950, when 74 babies got the name.
At least 2,502 babies have been given the name since 1911. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
San by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #2,435. The largest share of babies named San, 35.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Either side of San
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of San, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, San ranks #8,090 of 156,621, with 3,922 people. See San as a last name
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