Santo
Boy · SAHN-toh · Latin
Santo is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “saint; holy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,582nd for boys in the US (31 babies).
What does Santo mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish, from Latin sanctus
“saint; holy”
- Say it
- SAHN-toh
Is Santo a girl's or a boy's name?
Santo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Santo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,582among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 55,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 106% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 31 boys in the US were named Santo, making it the 3,582nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,271st. Its busiest year was 1925, with 116 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the boys named Santo in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.
Santo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #3,582 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 23 | #4,271 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 21 | #4,623 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,250 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,056 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 24 | #3,016 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 24 | #2,859 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 24 | #2,432 |
| 1987 | 23 | #2,396 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 14 | #3,213 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 23 | #2,207 |
| 1982 | 25 | #2,110 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,910 |
| 1979 | 33 | #1,711 |
| 1978 | 47 | #1,326 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 29 | #1,747 |
| 1975 | 31 | #1,629 |
| 1974 | 43 | #1,290 |
| 1973 | 39 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,508 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,152 |
| 1968 | 54 | #1,006 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,286 |
| 1966 | 42 | #1,149 |
| 1965 | 45 | #1,106 |
| 1964 | 35 | #1,326 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,036 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,136 |
| 1961 | 32 | #1,405 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,138 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,059 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,202 |
| 1955 | 40 | #1,180 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,136 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,279 |
| 1952 | 31 | #1,346 |
| 1951 | 46 | #1,051 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,202 |
| 1949 | 45 | #1,046 |
| 1948 | 50 | #988 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,107 |
| 1946 | 46 | #1,003 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,018 |
| 1943 | 39 | #1,088 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,074 |
| 1941 | 46 | #938 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,050 |
| 1939 | 53 | #836 |
| 1938 | 60 | #799 |
| 1937 | 44 | #942 |
| 1936 | 62 | #774 |
| 1935 | 72 | #716 |
| 1934 | 56 | #836 |
| 1933 | 62 | #775 |
| 1932 | 86 | #657 |
| 1931 | 61 | #800 |
| 1930 | 86 | #672 |
| 1929 | 102 | #599 |
| 1928 | 92 | #652 |
| 1927 | 88 | #690 |
| 1926 | 96 | #642 |
| 1925 | 116 | #577 |
| 1924 | 90 | #686 |
| 1923 | 94 | #660 |
| 1922 | 83 | #717 |
| 1921 | 103 | #625 |
| 1920 | 89 | #677 |
| 1919 | 72 | #760 |
| 1918 | 79 | #710 |
| 1917 | 98 | #599 |
| 1916 | 86 | #628 |
| 1915 | 99 | #570 |
| 1914 | 67 | #616 |
| 1913 | 38 | #759 |
| 1912 | 46 | #599 |
| 1911 | 19 | #732 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,192 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
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