Santa
Rank in 2025
#7885
recorded as girls
Down 2,585 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
13
girls 13
Peak year
1915
85 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
4,410
since 1896
Born a Santa? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Santa was most popular in 1915, when 85 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.09 per 1,000). In 2025, 13 babies were named Santa, ranking #7885 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 79%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | 7885 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 24 | 5300 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 12 | 8486 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 11 | 9056 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 15251 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 9 | 10250 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 8 | 11356 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 9 | 10545 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 11 | 9341 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 10 | 10113 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 11 | 9481 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 6 | 14558 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 12 | 9036 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 11 | 9711 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 9 | 11181 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 10 | 10451 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 12 | 9379 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 15 | 8109 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 11 | 10129 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 20 | 6356 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 11 | 9452 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 9 | 10690 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 6 | 13844 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 14 | 7444 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 10 | 9351 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 15031 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 6836 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 20 | 5123 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 19 | 5228 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 27 | 3942 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 21 | 4677 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 24 | 4238 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 22 | 4524 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 24 | 4236 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 24 | 4208 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 21 | 4523 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 20 | 4522 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 18 | 4653 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 22 | 3857 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 24 | 3554 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 28 | 3170 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 27 | 3144 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 35 | 2552 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 29 | 3017 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 30 | 2928 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 43 | 2278 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 56 | 1874 | 5 | 6056 |
| 1978 | 45 | 2092 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 36 | 2423 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 45 | 1968 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 41 | 2097 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 38 | 2133 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 44 | 1885 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 43 | 1920 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 41 | 2035 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 50 | 1781 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 52 | 1667 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 38 | 1940 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 39 | 1881 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 44 | 1700 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 46 | 1655 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 44 | 1747 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 34 | 2015 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 44 | 1708 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 60 | 1435 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 52 | 1542 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 32 | 1985 | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | 47 | 1557 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 56 | 1407 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 44 | 1598 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 50 | 1423 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 62 | 1256 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 39 | 1565 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 44 | 1454 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 48 | 1339 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 55 | 1241 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 42 | 1423 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 49 | 1313 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 44 | 1397 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 35 | 1481 | 5 | 3525 |
| 1945 | 44 | 1187 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 27 | 1578 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 32 | 1467 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 47 | 1153 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 30 | 1418 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 31 | 1347 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 37 | 1194 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 41 | 1127 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 41 | 1116 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 48 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 32 | 1264 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 48 | 993 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 48 | 999 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 36 | 1192 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 54 | 941 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 68 | 867 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 54 | 981 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 66 | 902 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 71 | 883 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 70 | 888 | 9 | 2904 |
| 1925 | 82 | 819 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 88 | 792 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 89 | 774 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 70 | 872 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 74 | 857 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 71 | 857 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 74 | 814 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 66 | 879 | 6 | 3728 |
| 1917 | 74 | 800 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 88 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 85 | 723 | 5 | 3825 |
| 1914 | 59 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 40 | 830 | 5 | 2821 |
| 1912 | 26 | 1003 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 26 | 838 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 18 | 1030 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 13 | 1152 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 20 | 882 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 15 | 990 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 5 | 1951 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 8 | 1420 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 16 | 910 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1902 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | 1466 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 5 | 1932 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 6 | 1394 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 6 | 1416 | <5 | — |
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Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Recorded as girls 99% · boys 1% across all years