Santana
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- san-TAN-a
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #855 for boys
Santana is a name of Spanish origin, meaning “Saint Anne”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 855th for boys in the US (285 babies).
What does Santana mean?
Spanish: surname from Santa Ana, Saint Anne
“Saint Anne”
A Spanish and Portuguese surname from Santa Ana, Saint Anne, made famous by the guitarist Carlos Santana.
Is Santana a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Santana has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 5 boys in the UK and 92 girls and 285 boys in the US.
How popular is Santana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Santana, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 16 girls. 5 boys were also named Santana in 2025 (3,747th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Santana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were given Santana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,977, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Santana 8
- Santanna 4
In 2025, 62% of the babies named Santana in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Santana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,864 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Santana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #855among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 285about 1 in 6,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 285 boys in the US were named Santana, making it the 855th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 542nd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 522 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915. 92 girls were also named Santana in 2025 (2,051st for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Santana than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Santana in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 24% of the babies named Santana in the US were girls.
Santana in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 285 | #855 |
| 2024 | 312 | #810 |
| 2023 | 403 | #676 |
| 2022 | 385 | #690 |
| 2021 | 489 | #572 |
| 2020 | 522 | #542 |
| 2019 | 404 | #656 |
| 2018 | 326 | #732 |
| 2017 | 237 | #905 |
| 2016 | 262 | #861 |
| 2015 | 256 | #869 |
| 2014 | 244 | #887 |
| 2013 | 205 | #974 |
| 2012 | 163 | #1,124 |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,170 |
| 2010 | 149 | #1,200 |
| 2009 | 185 | #1,036 |
| 2008 | 174 | #1,074 |
| 2007 | 188 | #1,015 |
| 2006 | 224 | #880 |
| 2005 | 135 | #1,181 |
| 2004 | 114 | #1,302 |
| 2003 | 132 | #1,140 |
| 2002 | 99 | #1,329 |
| 2001 | 104 | #1,273 |
| 2000 | 124 | #1,123 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,213 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,395 |
| 1997 | 87 | #1,307 |
| 1996 | 68 | #1,477 |
| 1995 | 71 | #1,400 |
| 1994 | 82 | #1,284 |
| 1993 | 57 | #1,572 |
| 1992 | 37 | #2,080 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 25 | #2,539 |
| 1988 | 35 | #1,874 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 39 | #1,644 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 39 | #1,555 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 29 | #1,867 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 27 | #1,858 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 30 | #1,657 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,520 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,400 |
| 1972 | 43 | #1,262 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 6 | #3,171 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 9 | #2,466 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 7 | #2,972 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,020 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 9 | #2,911 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,022 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
Names like Santana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophia Sienna Fatima Aria Athena Sierra Eliana Ariana Selena Ava Aurora Alora
Other spellings of Santana
Names related to Santana
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Santana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/santana, updated 20 October 2026.