girls:
847 births since 1984
#4869 (15th percentile)
boys:
99 births since 1986
#4487 (2nd percentile)
overall:
946 births since 1984
#6793 (12th percentile)
The name Santanna is the #6,793 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 946 recorded births since 1984. This represents the 12.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,869 (14.8% percentile) for all time with 847 births since 1984. For boys, it ranks #4,487 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 99 births since 1986.
Santanna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1984 (1984 for girls and 1986 for boys). Birth data for Santanna is available in 39 out of the 39 years between 1984 and 2022 (38 years for girls and 14 years for boys). 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 Santanna has been given predominantly to girls, with 89.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Santanna were girls.
For girls, Santanna reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 7.9% percentile (ranked #750) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 37 births per million (ranked 7.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Santanna reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #910) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Santanna".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Santanna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.3% confident that Santanna is pronounced as san-TA-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is suhn-TA-nuh, at 16.7% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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