How Many People Are Named Santo?
An estimated 2,377 people in the United States have the first name Santo. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 50 years old, and Santo peaked in popularity in 1925 with 116 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Santo as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Santo paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,377
About 1 in 144,196 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
50
years old
Peak Year
1925
116 births
Total Registered
4,844
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Santo
Santo is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 4,844 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Santo as a male name
Ranked #3,254 in 2024
37 male births in 2024
Peak: 1925 (116 births)
Santo: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Santo span from the 1900s to the 2020s, covering 13 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 953 babies were registered. Santo has declined significantly from its peak in the 1920s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Santo by Decade
How has Santo tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Santo by State
Birth registrations for Santo span all 12 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey. The lowest are in Texas, Missouri, Michigan. On average, about 227 Santos were registered per state.
Santo + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Santo as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Santo: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Santo?
We estimate approximately 2,377 people named Santo are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 144,196 Americans share this first name.
Is Santo a common name?
Santo is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 4,844 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Santo most popular?
Santo reached peak popularity in 1925, when 116 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Santo is approximately 50 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Santo a male name?
Santo is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Santo Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Santo Smith, Santo Johnson, Santo Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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