# Santana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/santana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,726 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7,785 / 5,941 (43% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 192, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 80 | 2,343 |
| 2012 | 72 | 2,541 |
| 2013 | 89 | 2,135 |
| 2014 | 106 | 1,905 |
| 2015 | 119 | 1,766 |
| 2016 | 112 | 1,853 |
| 2017 | 102 | 1,962 |
| 2018 | 117 | 1,759 |
| 2019 | 127 | 1,665 |
| 2020 | 131 | 1,604 |
| 2021 | 165 | 1,345 |
| 2022 | 105 | 1,916 |
| 2023 | 142 | 1,518 |
| 2024 | 107 | 1,882 |
| 2025 | 92 | 2,060 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 152 | 1,171 |
| 2012 | 163 | 1,128 |
| 2013 | 205 | 979 |
| 2014 | 244 | 887 |
| 2015 | 256 | 870 |
| 2016 | 262 | 862 |
| 2017 | 237 | 906 |
| 2018 | 326 | 735 |
| 2019 | 404 | 656 |
| 2020 | 522 | 544 |
| 2021 | 489 | 572 |
| 2022 | 385 | 690 |
| 2023 | 403 | 677 |
| 2024 | 312 | 811 |
| 2025 | 285 | 855 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,773 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Santana

- Santana Garrett, American professional wrestler, valet and model

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.