How rare is the name Santana?

9,527 people in the United States have the first name Santana, about 1 in 31,703. It ranks #2,544 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SANTANA

#2,544

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,527
About
1 in 31,703
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,527 people named Santana, 46.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 29.3% as Black and 15.4% as White. 50.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Santana peaked in 2021, when 654 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
654
In 2025*
377 ▼42%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 13,726 babies have been given the name since 1910. 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.

Santana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,126. The largest share of babies named Santana, 42.6%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#8,01122
1920s#6,67066
1930s#7,12540
1940s#7,59039
1950s#8,32746
1960s#8,18063
1970s#3,306420
1980s#1,4871,891
1990s#1,5852,229
2000s#1,7982,402
2010s#1,5283,370
2020s#1,1263,138
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–450.5%
Baby boom 1946–640.8%
Generation X 1965–803.6%
Millennials 1981–9624.7%
Generation Z 1997–1227.3%
2013 and later42.6%

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.

Where Santana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Santana has been most common in New Mexico (8.4×), Arizona (3.1×), and Colorado (2.4×), and least common in New Jersey (0.18×).

9,376 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Santana

#2,542 Hamza · 9,536#2,543 Ming · 9,534#2,545 Dionne · 9,523#2,546 Ayana · 9,522

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Santana, most common first.

#2,943 Santino · 7,673#7,512 Santina · 2,023#15,945 Santanna · 714#35,789 Santanu · 224

Also a last name

As a last name, Santana ranks #510 of 156,621, with 64,579 people. See Santana as a last name

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