Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Santos

Gender

Male

Origin

Greek
Saint
Latin
Saints.
Spanish

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic
  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Santos

Pronunciation

s(a)-ntos, san-tos

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #763, 337 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1924 (rank #737, 100 births); most recent 2008 (rank #17484, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025337–
2024297–
2023314–
2022277–
2021273–
2020243–
2019220–
2018205–
2017208–
2016215–

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

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #2687, 7 births); most recent 2024 (rank #5115, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
2025–
20243
20233
20225
20213
2020–
2019–
20184
2017–
2016–

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

  • Boys: peak in 1965 (rank #859, 8 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4813, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20233
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20164
20154
2014–

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