Santana
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Santana
Santana is a saintly name...or Latin rock band. While traditionally masculine, character Santana Lopez on the show Glee showed the name's potential for a girl as well. Sound-wise, it feels like Savannah with a twist.
Santana for boys#855 US
Santana was most recently heard on a female character on hit television show Glee. Nonetheless, this name ranks higher for boys, which can be credited to Grammy Award-winning musician Carlos Santana.
Pronounced san-TAH-nuh.
As of October 2026, Santana ranked #2060 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #522 in 1985.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,903 | 106 | #887 | 244 |
| 2015 | #1,766 | 119 | #870 | 256 |
| 2016 | #1,852 | 112 | #862 | 262 |
| 2017 | #1,962 | 102 | #906 | 237 |
| 2018 | #1,758 | 117 | #735 | 325 |
| 2019 | #1,663 | 127 | #656 | 403 |
| 2020 | #1,603 | 131 | #544 | 522 |
| 2021 | #1,341 | 165 | #574 | 488 |
| 2022 | #1,916 | 105 | #690 | 385 |
| 2023 | #1,516 | 142 | #676 | 403 |
| 2024 | #1,872 | 107 | #811 | 309 |
| 2025 | #2,060 | 92 | #855 | 285 |
World rankings
Santana for boys
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Famous Santanas
- Santana GarrettGirl
American model and pro wrestler
- Santana Terrell MossBoy
American NFL player
- Santana Campbell (b. 2012)Boy
son of singer Tina Campbell
- Lyric Santana Smith (b. 2008)Boy
son of singer Brent Smith of Shinedown
- Carlos SantanaBoy
American musician known as Santana
- Joaquim Santana Silva GuimarãesBoy
Portuguese footballer known as Santana
Santana in pop culture
- Santana LopezGirl
character on TV's "Glee"
- Santana AndradeGirl
character on American soap "Santa Barbara"
- SantanaBoy
character in the manga/anime "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency"