Santos
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAHN-tohs
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #763 for boys
Santos is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “saints”. In 2025 it ranked 763rd for boys in the US (337 babies).
What does Santos mean?
Latin: Spanish and Portuguese, from Latin sanctus
“saints”
Refers to Todos los Santos, All Saints' Day on 1 November.
Is Santos a girl's or a boy's name?
Santos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 337 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Santos in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 7 boys.
Santos in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Santos in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #763among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 337about 1 in 5,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 337 boys in the US were named Santos, making it the 763rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 916th.
2025 had the most boys named Santos of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Santos in the US since 1880 were born between 1958 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 42% of the babies named Santos in the US in 1906, and 2% in 2008.
Santos in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 337 | #763 |
| 2024 | 297 | #834 |
| 2023 | 314 | #795 |
| 2022 | 277 | #867 |
| 2021 | 274 | #855 |
| 2020 | 244 | #916 |
| 2019 | 220 | #974 |
| 2018 | 205 | #1,009 |
| 2017 | 208 | #985 |
| 2016 | 215 | #958 |
| 2015 | 236 | #913 |
| 2014 | 237 | #906 |
| 2013 | 242 | #872 |
| 2012 | 212 | #949 |
| 2011 | 230 | #896 |
| 2010 | 240 | #874 |
| 2009 | 254 | #843 |
| 2008 | 294 | #755 |
| 2007 | 273 | #789 |
| 2006 | 302 | #715 |
| 2005 | 259 | #764 |
| 2004 | 236 | #767 |
| 2003 | 277 | #693 |
| 2002 | 245 | #724 |
| 2001 | 246 | #713 |
| 2000 | 227 | #746 |
| 1999 | 238 | #702 |
| 1998 | 227 | #724 |
| 1997 | 217 | #720 |
| 1996 | 221 | #713 |
| 1995 | 233 | #693 |
| 1994 | 209 | #721 |
| 1993 | 223 | #690 |
| 1992 | 189 | #750 |
| 1991 | 215 | #685 |
| 1990 | 186 | #741 |
| 1989 | 172 | #748 |
| 1988 | 157 | #755 |
| 1987 | 178 | #680 |
| 1986 | 185 | #659 |
| 1985 | 176 | #665 |
| 1984 | 162 | #679 |
| 1983 | 199 | #605 |
| 1982 | 180 | #642 |
| 1981 | 226 | #569 |
| 1980 | 221 | #577 |
| 1979 | 172 | #653 |
| 1978 | 172 | #636 |
| 1977 | 178 | #634 |
| 1976 | 172 | #627 |
| 1975 | 190 | #585 |
| 1974 | 172 | #612 |
| 1973 | 173 | #601 |
| 1972 | 159 | #624 |
| 1971 | 188 | #607 |
| 1970 | 174 | #617 |
| 1969 | 162 | #613 |
| 1968 | 156 | #609 |
| 1967 | 159 | #596 |
| 1966 | 143 | #619 |
| 1965 | 140 | #635 |
| 1964 | 158 | #621 |
| 1963 | 149 | #640 |
| 1962 | 165 | #603 |
| 1961 | 152 | #635 |
| 1960 | 142 | #653 |
| 1959 | 159 | #612 |
| 1958 | 144 | #640 |
| 1957 | 149 | #627 |
| 1956 | 136 | #649 |
| 1955 | 122 | #659 |
| 1954 | 160 | #585 |
| 1953 | 123 | #641 |
| 1952 | 100 | #698 |
| 1951 | 134 | #600 |
| 1950 | 124 | #615 |
| 1949 | 139 | #568 |
| 1948 | 123 | #612 |
| 1947 | 154 | #541 |
| 1946 | 117 | #592 |
| 1945 | 122 | #540 |
| 1944 | 128 | #537 |
| 1943 | 88 | #681 |
| 1942 | 103 | #620 |
| 1941 | 83 | #671 |
| 1940 | 80 | #676 |
| 1939 | 85 | #642 |
| 1938 | 89 | #635 |
| 1937 | 81 | #661 |
| 1936 | 60 | #787 |
| 1935 | 77 | #688 |
| 1934 | 81 | #673 |
| 1933 | 88 | #617 |
| 1932 | 99 | #592 |
| 1931 | 86 | #638 |
| 1930 | 97 | #625 |
| 1929 | 92 | #639 |
| 1928 | 112 | #584 |
| 1927 | 126 | #549 |
| 1926 | 96 | #642 |
| 1925 | 125 | #549 |
| 1924 | 111 | #606 |
| 1923 | 106 | #616 |
| 1922 | 93 | #666 |
| 1921 | 98 | #652 |
| 1920 | 88 | #680 |
| 1919 | 75 | #738 |
| 1918 | 64 | #818 |
| 1917 | 62 | #797 |
| 1916 | 47 | #922 |
| 1915 | 40 | #996 |
| 1914 | 35 | #933 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 22 | #970 |
| 1911 | 17 | #792 |
| 1910 | 23 | #598 |
| 1909 | 18 | #636 |
| 1908 | 19 | #585 |
| 1907 | 13 | #735 |
| 1906 | 19 | #523 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 9 | #901 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
Names like Santos
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Santos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/santos, updated 20 October 2026.