boys' name ★ peaked 2025

Santino

Meaning Borrowed from Italian Santino Gender Boy Rank 2025 #353 Trend ↑ Rising 50%

Borrowed from Italian Santino.

Rank 2025
#353
among boys · ↑10 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
934
named Santino · +3% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,829
boys born in 2025
Peak year
2025
934 babies
All-time total
13,624
#1,021 all-time among boys
First recorded
1913
in Social Security records

Santino popularity over time

13,624 babies have been named Santino since 1913, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.190.380.560.7518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Boys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Boys Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s 25 3 – #2,468
1920s 68 7 +172% #2,609
1930s 11 1 -84% #3,715
1940s – – – –
1950s 5 1 – #4,385
1960s 19 2 +280% #3,205
1970s 367 37 +1832% #1,006
1980s 554 55 +51% #1,019
1990s 965 97 +74% #1,061
2000s 2,524 252 +162% #656
2010s 4,395 440 +74% #488
2020s (to 2025) 4,691 782 +78% #353

Where Santino is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 boys (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 boys Implied rank
2026 1,002 0.59 #337
2027 1,064 0.62 #324
2028 1,119 0.66 #305
2029 1,168 0.68 #288
2030 1,212 0.71 #280

Where Santino is most popular

Boys named Santino per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.465 per 1,000. Strongest in New Jersey, New York, and Illinois.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are boys named Santino born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Boys 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
New Jersey 346 1.72 +269%
New York 478 1.10 +137%
Illinois 282 1.10 +137%
New Mexico 35 1.06 +128%
Rhode Island 17 1.04 +124%
Connecticut 68 1.00 +116%
California 907 0.992 +113%
Pennsylvania 223 0.840 +80%
Arizona 135 0.825 +77%
Nevada 36 0.631 +36%
Michigan 118 0.576 +24%
Colorado 74 0.573 +23%
Massachusetts 76 0.553 +19%
Ohio 125 0.472 ≈ national
Delaware 7 0.462 ≈ national
Washington 69 0.422 -9%
Florida 184 0.389 -17%
Wisconsin 40 0.338 -27%
Texas 292 0.331 -29%
Maryland 34 0.285 -39%
Minnesota 27 0.220 -53%
Indiana 35 0.218 -53%
Virginia 41 0.216 -54%
North Carolina 52 0.204 -56%
Oregon 12 0.158 -66%
Missouri 21 0.152 -67%
Utah 13 0.136 -71%
Nebraska 5 0.115 -75%
Kansas 6 0.087 -81%
Georgia 22 0.087 -81%
Oklahoma 6 0.068 -85%
Tennessee 10 0.055 -88%
South Carolina 5 0.048 -90%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
New Hampshire – – –
South Dakota – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Santino

Santino is moderately common for boys in the United States, ranked #353 in 2025 with 934 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1913, 13,624 American babies have been named Santino. Its peak came in 2025, when 934 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Santino stood among all boys' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Santino?

The median living Santino is about 10 years old; half are between 4 and 18. An estimated 13 thousand people named Santino are alive in the United States today.

median 10 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Santino year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Boys Boys rank
2025 934 #353
2024 910 #363
2023 759 #416
2022 679 #453
2021 738 #416
2020 671 #445
2019 592 #488
2018 539 #528
2017 447 #600
2016 439 #614
2015 448 #607
2014 416 #632
2013 386 #640
2012 402 #613
2011 358 #661
2010 368 #657
2009 353 #688
2008 371 #656
2007 330 #706
2006 329 #687
2005 234 #810
2004 239 #761
2003 201 #860
2002 178 #908
2001 147 #1,016
2000 142 #1,032
1995 69 #1,446
1990 80 #1,234
1985 42 #1,564
1980 42 #1,490
1975 67 #1,006
1970 – –
1965 8 #3,205
1960 – –
1955 – –
1950 – –
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 – –
1930 – –
1925 10 #2,903
1920 – –
1915 – –
1910 – –
1905 – –
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Santino

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Santino Marella Santino Marella Canadian professional wrestler (born 1974) Contemporary
  2. 2 Santino Fontana Santino Fontana American actor b. 1982 · Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Santino, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Santino?

The median living Santino is about 10 years old. Half of all living Santinos are between 4 and 18 years old.

How many people named Santino are alive today?

An estimated 13 thousand people named Santino are alive in the United States, based on 13,624 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Santino mean?

Borrowed from Italian Santino.

How popular is the name Santino in 2025?

Santino ranked #353 among boys' names in the United States in 2025, with 934 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Santino?

13,624 babies have been named Santino in the United States since 1913, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Santino most popular?

Santino peaked in 2025, when 934 newborns received the name.

Is Santino a boy or girl name?

Santino is overwhelmingly a boy's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Santino rising or falling?

Santino is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Santino become more popular?

Santino is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,212 boys named Santino in 2030, which would rank around #280. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Santino?

Well-known people named Santino include Santino Marella (wrestler), Santino Fontana (actor).

Names like Santino

Names that sound and feel close to Santino: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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