Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Santa

Gender

Female

Origin

Italian
Unknown

Pronunciation

s(a)-nta, san-ta

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1926 (rank #2904, 9 births); most recent 1979 (rank #6049, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1923 (rank #774, 89 births); most recent 2025 (rank #7885, 13 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–13
2024–24
2023–12
2022–11
2021–5
2020–9
2019–8
2018–9
2017–11
2016–10

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #5780, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1963 (rank #796, 13 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2569, 10 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202310
20227
20218
20206
20194
20185
20174
20168
20159
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence