BabyNameLens · Girl names · Boy names
“Saints; holy ones” — Spanish, plural of santo (from Latin sanctus) origin
Boy's name · #766 in the US (2025) · Trending
Santos is climbing: on the charts since 1880, it is ranked #766 in 2025, with about 340 boys given the name last year. Roughly 19,000 have carried it all-time. In New Mexico it runs about 6× its national rate. It is also an American family name — about 137,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.
Around the world: about 1 in 18,000 boys in Switzerland (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 204 notable people named Santos:
Political leaders appear 1.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Santos Gutiérrez, Colombian statesman and soldier (1820-1872).
Similar names: Aurelio · Santiel · Ignacio · Alvaro · Mariano · Vicente
Browse more boy names — popularity, trends and eras for 5,700+ American names, free.