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How popular is “Santos” in the USA?

Number of people named “Santos” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Santos” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Santos” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Santos” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Santos” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Santos” by birth year

This chart shows how “Santos” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 5 0.000024816 5 -100%
1885 9 0.000037367 9 100%
1886 5 0.000019584 5 100%
1888 12 0.00004007 7 5 17%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 100%
1896 6 0.000016784 6 100%
1897 12 0.000034586 7 5 17%
1898 8 0.000020972 8 100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 100%
1900 20 0.000044419 11 9 10%
1901 19 0.000054943 8 11 -16%
1902 17 0.000043958 7 10 -18%
1903 18 0.000047219 8 10 -11%
1904 25 0.00006196 17 8 36%
1905 27 0.000063691 16 11 19%
1906 33 0.000077022 14 19 -15%
1907 31 0.000066611 18 13 16%
1908 31 0.00006344 12 19 -23%
1909 29 0.000056727 11 18 -24%
1910 36 0.000060944 13 23 -28%
1911 30 0.000046564 13 17 -13%
1912 42 0.000042507 20 22 -5%
1913 37 0.000032539 25 12 35%
1914 69 0.000048717 34 35 -1%
1915 85 0.000046387 45 40 6%
1916 88 0.000045492 41 47 -7%
1917 95 0.00004734 33 62 -31%
1918 108 0.000049744 44 64 -19%
1919 132 0.000062552 57 75 -14%
1920 147 0.000064968 59 88 -20%
1921 156 0.000066824 58 98 -26%
1922 157 0.000068584 64 93 -18%
1923 177 0.000076874 71 106 -20%
1924 211 0.000088596 100 111 -5%
1925 207 0.000088715 82 125 -21%
1926 164 0.000071432 68 96 -17%
1927 189 0.000081488 63 126 -33%
1928 168 0.000074305 56 112 -33%
1929 147 0.000067057 55 92 -25%
1930 147 0.000066118 50 97 -32%
1931 118 0.000056073 32 86 -46%
1932 144 0.000068205 45 99 -38%
1933 134 0.000067019 46 88 -31%
1934 122 0.000058744 41 81 -33%
1935 113 0.00005407 36 77 -36%
1936 91 0.000043801 31 60 -32%
1937 107 0.000050219 26 81 -51%
1938 124 0.000056043 35 89 -44%
1939 127 0.000057637 42 85 -34%
1940 131 0.00005689 51 80 -22%
1941 123 0.000050484 40 83 -35%
1942 152 0.000055641 49 103 -36%
1943 132 0.000046766 44 88 -33%
1944 168 0.000062452 40 128 -52%
1945 172 0.000064834 50 122 -42%
1946 170 0.000053203 53 117 -38%
1947 189 0.000052466 35 154 -63%
1948 164 0.000047502 41 123 -50%
1949 175 0.000050218 36 139 -59%
1950 154 0.000043958 30 124 -61%
1951 164 0.00004452 30 134 -63%
1952 125 0.000032912 25 100 -60%
1953 154 0.000039962 31 123 -60%
1954 189 0.000047479 29 160 -69%
1955 144 0.000035865 22 122 -69%
1956 158 0.000038321 22 136 -72%
1957 165 0.000039266 16 149 -81%
1958 156 0.000037737 12 144 -85%
1959 182 0.000043771 23 159 -75%
1960 162 0.000039 20 142 -75%
1961 171 0.000041281 19 152 -78%
1962 177 0.000043862 12 165 -86%
1963 163 0.00004118 14 149 -83%
1964 172 0.000044243 14 158 -84%
1965 147 0.000040547 7 140 -90%
1966 161 0.000046322 18 143 -78%
1967 170 0.000050075 11 159 -87%
1968 168 0.000049727 12 156 -86%
1969 168 0.000048341 6 162 -93%
1970 194 0.000053792 20 174 -79%
1971 207 0.000060308 21 186 -80%
1972 173 0.000055043 14 159 -84%
1973 191 0.00006331 18 173 -81%
1974 188 0.000061842 16 172 -83%
1975 214 0.000070875 24 190 -78%
1976 179 0.000058992 7 172 -92%
1977 188 0.000059185 10 178 -89%
1978 189 0.000059549 17 172 -82%
1979 181 0.000054403 9 172 -90%
1980 230 0.000066773 9 221 -92%
1981 239 0.000069088 13 226 -89%
1982 194 0.000055303 14 180 -86%
1983 214 0.00006179 15 199 -86%
1984 172 0.000049301 10 162 -88%
1985 189 0.000052954 13 176 -86%
1986 192 0.000053977 7 185 -93%
1987 190 0.000052696 12 178 -87%
1988 166 0.000044925 9 157 -89%
1989 178 0.000046301 6 172 -93%
1990 193 0.00004883 7 186 -93%
1991 223 0.000057249 8 215 -93%
1992 199 0.000051806 10 189 -90%
1993 234 0.000062064 11 223 -91%
1994 215 0.000057832 6 209 -94%
1995 233 0.000063624 233 -100%
1996 221 0.000060595 221 -100%
1997 229 0.000063159 12 217 -90%
1998 237 0.000064434 10 227 -92%
1999 238 0.000064431 238 -100%
2000 234 0.000061906 7 227 -94%
2001 251 0.000067052 5 246 -96%
2002 252 0.00006741 7 245 -94%
2003 284 0.000074691 7 277 -95%
2004 244 0.000063859 8 236 -93%
2005 264 0.000068663 5 259 -96%
2006 307 0.0000776 5 302 -97%
2007 278 0.00006954 5 273 -96%
2008 299 0.000076069 5 294 -97%
2009 254 0.000066489 254 -100%
2010 240 0.00006494 240 -100%
2011 230 0.000062879 230 -100%
2012 212 0.000057965 212 -100%
2013 242 0.00006638 242 -100%
2014 237 0.000063944 237 -100%
2015 236 0.000063768 236 -100%
2016 215 0.000058604 215 -100%
2017 208 0.000058162 208 -100%
2018 205 0.000058307 205 -100%
2019 220 0.000063384 220 -100%
2020 243 0.000072742 243 -100%
2021 273 0.00008058 273 -100%
2022 277 0.000081877 277 -100%
2023 314 0.00009483 314 -100%
2024 297 0.000089229 297 -100%

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