first name
SANTO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,448 people named Santo, 48.1% reported their origin as White, 47.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% as Black. 96.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Santo peaked in 1925, when 116 babies got the name.
At least 4,876 babies have been given the name since 1907. 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.
Santo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,361. The largest share of babies named Santo, 28.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Santo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Santo has been most common in New York (8.2×), New Jersey (3.1×), and Connecticut (3×), and least common in California (0.13×).
2,729 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.
Exactly as common as Santo
2 other first names also have 4,448 people.
Either side of Santo
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Santo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Santo ranks #7,915 of 156,621, with 4,022 people. See Santo as a last name
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