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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Santos.

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Its story

Popularity since 1885

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 114 recorded years as a table

Santos, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1885	68
1886	35
1888	39
1894	22
1896	25
1897	30
1898	31
1899	47
1900	37
1901	33
1902	27
1903	31
1904	62
1905	55
1906	47
1907	57
1908	36
1909	32
1910	33
1911	31
1912	36
1913	40
1914	45
1915	46
1916	39
1917	31
1918	38
1919	50
1920	49
1921	47
1922	53
1923	59
1924	80
1925	67
1926	57
1927	53
1928	49
1929	49
1930	44
1931	30
1932	42
1933	46
1934	39
1935	34
1936	30
1937	24
1938	32
1939	38
1940	45
1941	33
1942	36
1943	32
1944	30
1945	38
1946	34
1947	20
1948	24
1949	21
1950	18
1951	17
1952	13
1953	16
1954	15
1955	11
1956	11
1957	8
1958	6
1959	11
1960	10
1961	9
1962	6
1963	7
1964	7
1965	4
1966	11
1967	7
1968	7
1969	4
1970	11
1971	13
1972	9
1973	12
1974	11
1975	16
1976	5
1977	7
1978	11
1979	6
1980	5
1981	8
1982	8
1983	9
1984	6
1985	8
1986	4
1987	7
1988	5
1989	3
1990	4
1991	4
1992	5
1993	6
1994	3
1997	7
1998	6
2000	4
2001	3
2002	4
2003	4
2004	4
2005	3
2006	3
2007	3
2008	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Santos isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008: 5
Rank in 2008: #17,504
How rare: 1 in 378,187 girls
Since 1885: 2,759

Santos was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1924, at 80 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Santos doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.