Santos*
#797 most common boys' name of all time · #1,800 across all names · 87% male / 13% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#797
Rank overall
#1,800 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
136 of 146
All-time
21,573
Since 2016
2,591
Peak year
2025 #763
Best rank
#539 1944
Girls
Boys
peak 337/yr
Santos is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 337 | 337 | #763 |
| 2024 | — | 297 | 297 | #834 |
| 2023 | — | 314 | 314 | #795 |
| 2022 | — | 277 | 277 | #867 |
| 2021 | — | 274 | 274 | #855 |
| 2020 | — | 244 | 244 | #917 |
| 2019 | — | 220 | 220 | #974 |
| 2018 | — | 205 | 205 | #1,009 |
| 2017 | — | 208 | 208 | #985 |
| 2016 | — | 215 | 215 | #959 |
| 2015 | — | 236 | 236 | #914 |
| 2014 | — | 237 | 237 | #906 |
| 2013 | — | 242 | 242 | #874 |
| 2012 | — | 212 | 212 | #951 |
| 2011 | — | 230 | 230 | #896 |
| 2010 | — | 240 | 240 | #874 |
| 2009 | — | 254 | 254 | #844 |
| 2008 | 5 | 294 | 299 | #756 |
| 2007 | 5 | 273 | 278 | #790 |
| 2006 | 5 | 302 | 307 | #716 |
| 2005 | 5 | 259 | 264 | #764 |
| 2004 | 8 | 236 | 244 | #769 |
| 2003 | 7 | 277 | 284 | #693 |
| 2002 | 7 | 245 | 252 | #725 |
| 2001 | 5 | 246 | 251 | #715 |
| 2000 | 7 | 227 | 234 | #747 |
| 1999 | — | 238 | 238 | #704 |
| 1998 | 10 | 227 | 237 | #725 |
| 1997 | 12 | 217 | 229 | #721 |
| 1996 | — | 221 | 221 | #714 |
| 1995 | — | 233 | 233 | #696 |
| 1994 | 6 | 209 | 215 | #723 |
| 1993 | 11 | 223 | 234 | #692 |
| 1992 | 10 | 189 | 199 | #753 |
| 1991 | 8 | 215 | 223 | #689 |
| 1990 | 7 | 186 | 193 | #745 |
| 1989 | 6 | 172 | 178 | #753 |
| 1988 | 9 | 157 | 166 | #757 |
| 1987 | 12 | 178 | 190 | #680 |
| 1986 | 7 | 185 | 192 | #660 |
| 1985 | 13 | 176 | 189 | #666 |
| 1984 | 10 | 162 | 172 | #680 |
| 1983 | 15 | 199 | 214 | #606 |
| 1982 | 14 | 180 | 194 | #643 |
| 1981 | 13 | 226 | 239 | #569 |
| 1980 | 9 | 221 | 230 | #577 |
| 1979 | 9 | 172 | 181 | #653 |
| 1978 | 17 | 172 | 189 | #637 |
| 1977 | 10 | 178 | 188 | #635 |
| 1976 | 7 | 172 | 179 | #627 |
| 1975 | 24 | 190 | 214 | #585 |
| 1974 | 16 | 172 | 188 | #613 |
| 1973 | 18 | 173 | 191 | #601 |
| 1972 | 14 | 159 | 173 | #624 |
| 1971 | 21 | 188 | 209 | #608 |
| 1970 | 20 | 174 | 194 | #617 |
| 1969 | 6 | 162 | 168 | #614 |
| 1968 | 12 | 156 | 168 | #610 |
| 1967 | 11 | 159 | 170 | #597 |
| 1966 | 18 | 143 | 161 | #619 |
| 1965 | 7 | 140 | 147 | #637 |
| 1964 | 14 | 158 | 172 | #621 |
| 1963 | 14 | 149 | 163 | #644 |
| 1962 | 12 | 165 | 177 | #603 |
| 1961 | 19 | 152 | 171 | #636 |
| 1960 | 20 | 142 | 162 | #655 |
| 1959 | 23 | 159 | 182 | #614 |
| 1958 | 12 | 144 | 156 | #641 |
| 1957 | 16 | 149 | 165 | #630 |
| 1956 | 22 | 136 | 158 | #650 |
| 1955 | 22 | 122 | 144 | #662 |
| 1954 | 29 | 160 | 189 | #586 |
| 1953 | 31 | 123 | 154 | #642 |
| 1952 | 25 | 100 | 125 | #701 |
| 1951 | 30 | 134 | 164 | #606 |
| 1950 | 30 | 124 | 154 | #619 |
| 1949 | 36 | 139 | 175 | #570 |
| 1948 | 41 | 123 | 164 | #615 |
| 1947 | 35 | 154 | 189 | #542 |
| 1946 | 53 | 117 | 170 | #597 |
| 1945 | 50 | 122 | 172 | #541 |
| 1944 | 40 | 128 | 168 | #539 |
| 1943 | 44 | 88 | 132 | #685 |
| 1942 | 49 | 103 | 152 | #623 |
| 1941 | 40 | 83 | 123 | #675 |
| 1940 | 51 | 80 | 131 | #678 |
| 1939 | 42 | 85 | 127 | #646 |
| 1938 | 35 | 89 | 124 | #636 |
| 1937 | 26 | 81 | 107 | #663 |
| 1936 | 31 | 60 | 91 | #791 |
| 1935 | 36 | 77 | 113 | #691 |
| 1934 | 41 | 81 | 122 | #675 |
| 1933 | 46 | 88 | 134 | #618 |
| 1932 | 45 | 99 | 144 | #594 |
| 1931 | 32 | 86 | 118 | #640 |
| 1930 | 50 | 97 | 147 | #626 |
| 1929 | 55 | 92 | 147 | #642 |
| 1928 | 56 | 112 | 168 | #586 |
| 1927 | 63 | 126 | 189 | #550 |
| 1926 | 68 | 96 | 164 | #646 |
| 1925 | 82 | 125 | 207 | #553 |
| 1924 | 100 | 111 | 211 | #607 |
| 1923 | 71 | 106 | 177 | #617 |
| 1922 | 64 | 93 | 157 | #670 |
| 1921 | 58 | 98 | 156 | #654 |
| 1920 | 59 | 88 | 147 | #683 |
| 1919 | 57 | 75 | 132 | #740 |
| 1918 | 44 | 64 | 108 | #821 |
| 1917 | 33 | 62 | 95 | #798 |
| 1916 | 41 | 47 | 88 | #933 |
| 1915 | 45 | 40 | 85 | #1,006 |
| 1914 | 34 | 35 | 69 | #937 |
| 1913 | 25 | 12 | 37 | #1,603 |
| 1912 | 20 | 22 | 42 | #981 |
| 1911 | 13 | 17 | 30 | #810 |
| 1910 | 13 | 23 | 36 | #614 |
| 1909 | 11 | 18 | 29 | #648 |
| 1908 | 12 | 19 | 31 | #606 |
| 1907 | 18 | 13 | 31 | #760 |
| 1906 | 14 | 19 | 33 | #543 |
| 1905 | 16 | 11 | 27 | #769 |
| 1904 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #919 |
| 1903 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #762 |
| 1902 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #778 |
| 1901 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #670 |
| 1900 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #932 |
| 1899 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1898 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1897 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #1,129 |
| 1896 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1894 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,141 |
| 1888 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #1,088 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1885 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,039 |