girls:
5.7k births since 1910
#2200 (62nd percentile)
boys:
7.2k births since 1915
#1392 (70th percentile)
overall:
12.9k births since 1910
#2317 (70th percentile)
The name Santana is the #2,317 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 12,917 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 70.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 70.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,392 (69.6% percentile) for all time with 7,179 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #2,200 (61.5% percentile) for all time with 5,738 births since 1910.
Santana first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Santana is available in 95 out of the 114 years between 1910 and 2023 (94 years for boys and 55 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Santana has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (55.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 74.0% of babies named Santana were boys. Interestingly, until around 1915, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1910 to 1914), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (55.6% boys from 1915 to 2023).
For boys, Santana reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 47.3% percentile (ranked #475) with 282 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 282 births per million (ranked 47.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Santana ranks #551 for boys (39.6% percentile) with 219 births per million, which is 77.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Santana reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 42.7% percentile (ranked #459) with 209 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 209 births per million (ranked 42.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Santana ranks #811 for girls (14.4% percentile) with 81 births per million, which is 38.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Santana".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Santana. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.5% confident that Santana is pronounced as san-TA-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is san-TAH-nuh, at 30.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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