San**
#3,858 most common girls' name of all time · #6,596 across all names · 25% male / 75% female · used 1911–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#3,858
Rank overall
#6,596 of 105,966
First appeared
1911
Years on the list
99 of 146
All-time
2,502
Since 2016
62
Peak year
1950 #1,142
Best rank
#1,142 1950
Girls
Boys
peak 74/yr
San first appears in 1911. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #11,010 |
| 2024 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #15,424 |
| 2021 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,293 |
| 2020 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #16,354 |
| 2015 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #16,569 |
| 2014 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 2008 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,774 |
| 2005 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #16,246 |
| 2003 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 2002 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,505 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,160 |
| 1999 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #12,795 |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,269 |
| 1997 | 7 | 6 | 13 | #10,911 |
| 1996 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #10,663 |
| 1995 | 7 | 13 | 20 | #10,612 |
| 1994 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #10,676 |
| 1993 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #8,131 |
| 1992 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #8,809 |
| 1991 | 13 | 17 | 30 | #6,634 |
| 1990 | 14 | 15 | 29 | #6,176 |
| 1989 | 11 | 15 | 26 | #7,018 |
| 1988 | 13 | 11 | 24 | #5,947 |
| 1987 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #6,388 |
| 1986 | 15 | 12 | 27 | #5,006 |
| 1985 | 10 | 15 | 25 | #6,525 |
| 1984 | 17 | 23 | 40 | #4,345 |
| 1983 | 17 | 9 | 26 | #4,324 |
| 1982 | 28 | 20 | 48 | #3,111 |
| 1981 | 20 | 18 | 38 | #3,884 |
| 1980 | 28 | 16 | 44 | #3,085 |
| 1979 | 20 | 8 | 28 | #3,797 |
| 1978 | 26 | 10 | 36 | #3,035 |
| 1977 | 28 | 9 | 37 | #2,852 |
| 1976 | 21 | 10 | 31 | #3,315 |
| 1975 | 39 | 13 | 52 | #2,177 |
| 1974 | 36 | 8 | 44 | #2,221 |
| 1973 | 40 | 7 | 47 | #2,033 |
| 1972 | 29 | 13 | 42 | #2,469 |
| 1971 | 55 | 13 | 68 | #1,670 |
| 1970 | 42 | 9 | 51 | #1,992 |
| 1969 | 55 | 9 | 64 | #1,615 |
| 1968 | 51 | 5 | 56 | #1,610 |
| 1967 | 48 | 15 | 63 | #1,649 |
| 1966 | 48 | 6 | 54 | #1,627 |
| 1965 | 43 | 6 | 49 | #1,727 |
| 1964 | 42 | 5 | 47 | #1,820 |
| 1963 | 38 | 6 | 44 | #1,907 |
| 1962 | 46 | 8 | 54 | #1,679 |
| 1961 | 42 | 8 | 50 | #1,781 |
| 1960 | 47 | 5 | 52 | #1,650 |
| 1959 | 36 | 9 | 45 | #1,866 |
| 1958 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,568 |
| 1957 | 38 | 9 | 47 | #1,766 |
| 1956 | 42 | 5 | 47 | #1,650 |
| 1955 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,786 |
| 1954 | 48 | 7 | 55 | #1,450 |
| 1953 | 42 | 5 | 47 | #1,520 |
| 1952 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,627 |
| 1951 | 52 | — | 52 | #1,298 |
| 1950 | 66 | 8 | 74 | #1,142 |
| 1949 | 42 | 9 | 51 | #1,431 |
| 1948 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,559 |
| 1947 | 28 | 7 | 35 | #1,848 |
| 1946 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,835 |
| 1945 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,034 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,157 |
| 1943 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,384 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1941 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #3,725 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,049 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,629 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,601 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,572 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,675 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,995 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,746 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,038 |
| 1930 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,248 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1928 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,076 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,477 |
| 1926 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #4,073 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,849 |
| 1924 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #2,915 |
| 1922 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #3,519 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,316 |
| 1920 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,222 |
| 1919 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1917 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1911 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,186 |