Santana
Spanish contraction of Santa Ana, Saint Anne, used first for places and chapels and later as a surname and given name.
Santana in 2025
Santana was given to 377 babies in the United States in 2025 — 285 boys and 92 girls, making it the 1,438th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 8,794 babies born.
The history of Santana
Santana reached its highest point in 2021, when 654 babies were given the name, ranking 944th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 905th, in 1985.
Across the 116 years of records since 1910, 13,726 babies have been named Santana. Half of them were born before 2008, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Santana by decade
| Decade | Babies named Santana | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | 4,096 |
| 1920s | 66 | 5,974 |
| 1930s | 40 | 5,534 |
| 1940s | 39 | 5,396 |
| 1950s | 46 | 6,892 |
| 1960s | 63 | 5,979 |
| 1970s | 420 | 2,624 |
| 1980s | 1,891 | 905 |
| 1990s | 2,229 | 1,368 |
| 2000s | 2,402 | 1,318 |
| 2010s | 3,370 | 1,111 |
| 2020s | 3,138 | 923 |
Where Santana is heading
Santana has held roughly steady over the past decade, from 375 babies in 2015 to 377 in 2025.
Names like Santana
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Santana.