How Many People Are Named Santo?

2,245

people named Santo are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 152,242 people in the US has this name

Based on 4,876 babies named Santo in Social Security records from 1907 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,237

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,330

See the top 100

Peak Year

1925

116 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Italian
Pronunciation: SAN-to
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Means "saint" in Italian, ultimately from Latin sanctus.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

SantaSantinaSantuzza

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Santo in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Santo alive today is about 46 years old, and 38% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 65 in 2025.

Under 30 642
28.6%
30 to 59 848
37.8%
60 and over 755
33.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Santo first appears in the records in 1907 and was given most often in 1925, to 116 babies. In 2025, 31 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1907 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Santo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #571, in 1915. In 2025 it ranked #3,642.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,642
Best rank#571 (1915)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#655 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Santo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Santo were born in New York than in any other state: about 638 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Santo was given 7.2 times as often in New York, 3 times in New Jersey and 2.8 times in Connecticut.

New York 638
Pennsylvania 90
New Jersey 69
California 34
Illinois 12
Massachusetts 11
Connecticut 11
Texas 5
Michigan 3
Ohio 1

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