How Many People Are Named Santa?
people named Santa are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 147,830 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,410 babies named Santa in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
90 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Feminine form of SANTO.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Santa (99.5%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Santa alive today is about 53 years old, and 42% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 40 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Santa first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1915, to 90 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Santa has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #723, in 1915. In 2025 it ranked #8,265.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,265 |
| Best rank | #723 (1915) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #867 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Santa alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Santa were born in Texas than in any other state: about 543 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Santa was given 5.7 times as often in New York, 4.4 times in Texas and 1.5 times in New Jersey.
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