Santos
Meaning not yet sourced
Editor’s note Up from #913 in 2015 to #763 in 2025 in the US
Boy’s name · Spanish & Italian
What Santos means
Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Santos yet, and we don’t write our own.
Editor’s note Up from #913 in 2015 to #763 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.
How popular is Santos?
▲ 71 vs 2024
US: Rising: up from #913 in 2015.
Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 337 boys got the name (#763 that year). First in the US records in 1880.
How common
- About 1 in 5,068 baby boys in the US 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 NM (1.54 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.89 per 1,000 boys), NE (0.57 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.
SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.
US vs UK
Santos is #763 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.
| Rank 2025 | Babies | How common | Rank 2015 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | #763 | 337 | 1 in 5,068 | #913 |
| England & Wales | – | – | – | – |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – |
Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).
Boy or girl?
In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Santos were boys.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| US 2025 | 0 | 337 |
| England & Wales 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| US all years since 1880 | 2,759 | 18,814 |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 0 | 41 |
Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.
If you like Santos
Boys
- Carlo#867Same root as Charles, meaning “free man”*
- Alessandro#497Italian form of Alexander, meaning “to defend + man”*
- Maximo#580Editor’s note Up from #853 in 2015 to #580 in 2025 in the US
- Angelo#304Editor’s note Down from #299 in 2015 to #304 in 2025 in the US
- Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”*
- Enzo#72“home + ruler”*
For a sister
- Francesca#307Editor’s note Up from #429 in 2015 to #307 in 2025 in the US
- Alessia#326Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 9 babies
- Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
- Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
- Isabela#664Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1982, with 6 babies
- Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”*
Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Santos’s. Rank is US 2025.
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