Santana
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note Used for both: 76% of US babies named Santana in 2025 were boys
Boy’s name
What Santana means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Santana yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note Used for both: 76% of US babies named Santana in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Santana?
▼ 45 vs 2024
US: Steady: #869 in 2015, #855 now. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.
Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 522 boys got the name (#542 that year). First in the US records in 1915.
How common
- About 1 in 5,993 baby boys in the US in 2025
- About 1 in 54,387 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.
Where in the US
Most popular in CO (0.52 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.46 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.44 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Santana is #855 in the US and #3684 in England & Wales (2025).
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #855 | 285 | 1 in 5,993 | #869 |
| England & Wales | #3684 | 5 | 1 in 54,387 | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 75.6% of US babies named Santana were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 92 | 285 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 8 | 5 |
| US all years since 1880 | 5,941 | 7,785 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 148 | 44 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
Other spellings
Other spellings parents chose in 2025
- Santino934 US · 48 E&W
Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.
If you like Santana
Boys
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For a sister
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Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Santana’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.
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