Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Santa

#2,677 most common girls' name of all time · #4,565 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1896–2025

Rank among girls
#2,677
Rank overall
#4,565 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
4,410
Since 2016
112
Peak year
1915 #723
Best rank
#723 1915
Girls Boys peak 90/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Santa first appears in 1896. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 13 — 13 #7,913
2024 24 — 24 #5,310
2023 12 — 12 #8,517
2022 11 — 11 #9,093
2021 5 — 5 #15,341
2020 9 — 9 #10,293
2019 8 — 8 #11,409
2018 9 — 9 #10,596
2017 11 — 11 #9,373
2016 10 — 10 #10,148
2015 11 — 11 #9,517
2014 6 — 6 #14,646
2013 12 — 12 #9,064
2012 11 — 11 #9,745
2011 9 — 9 #11,225
2010 10 — 10 #10,497
2009 12 — 12 #9,406
2008 15 — 15 #8,134
2007 11 — 11 #10,165
2006 20 — 20 #6,372
2005 11 — 11 #9,489
2004 9 — 9 #10,735
2003 6 — 6 #13,923
2002 14 — 14 #7,467
2001 10 — 10 #9,391
2000 5 — 5 #15,120
1999 14 — 14 #6,871
1998 20 — 20 #5,150
1997 19 — 19 #5,243
1996 27 — 27 #3,958
1995 21 — 21 #4,690
1994 24 — 24 #4,261
1993 22 — 22 #4,535
1992 24 — 24 #4,250
1991 24 — 24 #4,227
1990 21 — 21 #4,547
1989 20 — 20 #4,533
1988 18 — 18 #4,676
1987 22 — 22 #3,873
1986 24 — 24 #3,568
1985 28 — 28 #3,178
1984 27 — 27 #3,158
1983 35 — 35 #2,562
1982 29 — 29 #3,034
1981 30 — 30 #2,934
1980 43 — 43 #2,283
1979 56 5 61 #1,879
1978 45 — 45 #2,099
1977 36 — 36 #2,428
1976 45 — 45 #1,976
1975 41 — 41 #2,106
1974 38 — 38 #2,144
1973 44 — 44 #1,893
1972 43 — 43 #1,923
1971 41 — 41 #2,043
1970 50 — 50 #1,789
1969 52 — 52 #1,671
1968 38 — 38 #1,949
1967 39 — 39 #1,893
1966 44 — 44 #1,707
1965 46 — 46 #1,661
1964 44 — 44 #1,759
1963 34 — 34 #2,031
1962 44 — 44 #1,713
1961 60 — 60 #1,444
1960 52 — 52 #1,548
1959 32 5 37 #1,997
1958 47 — 47 #1,567
1957 56 — 56 #1,418
1956 44 — 44 #1,606
1955 50 — 50 #1,431
1954 62 — 62 #1,258
1953 39 — 39 #1,571
1952 44 — 44 #1,464
1951 48 — 48 #1,347
1950 55 — 55 #1,246
1949 42 — 42 #1,428
1948 49 — 49 #1,318
1947 44 — 44 #1,406
1946 35 5 40 #1,497
1945 44 — 44 #1,201
1944 27 — 27 #1,589
1943 32 — 32 #1,481
1942 47 — 47 #1,158
1941 30 — 30 #1,429
1940 31 — 31 #1,365
1939 37 — 37 #1,209
1938 41 — 41 #1,130
1937 41 — 41 #1,128
1936 48 — 48 #998
1935 32 — 32 #1,287
1934 48 — 48 #1,003
1933 48 — 48 #1,006
1932 36 — 36 #1,204
1931 54 — 54 #950
1930 68 — 68 #875
1929 54 — 54 #989
1928 66 — 66 #914
1927 71 — 71 #892
1926 70 9 79 #892
1925 82 — 82 #825
1924 88 — 88 #796
1923 89 — 89 #776
1922 70 — 70 #876
1921 74 — 74 #861
1920 71 — 71 #863
1919 74 — 74 #820
1918 66 6 72 #882
1917 74 — 74 #806
1916 88 — 88 #728
1915 85 5 90 #723
1914 59 — 59 #756
1913 40 5 45 #839
1912 26 — 26 #1,026
1911 26 — 26 #851
1910 18 — 18 #1,065
1909 13 — 13 #1,206
1908 20 — 20 #911
1907 15 — 15 #1,032
1906 5 — 5 #2,107
1905 8 — 8 #1,515
1904 16 — 16 #936
1901 6 — 6 #1,634
1900 5 — 5 #2,107
1899 6 — 6 #1,563
1896 6 — 6 #1,580