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Santa

female

Meaning

"Holy; Saintly"

From Latin sancta via Romance languages, it functions both as a given name and as a devotional epithet.

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Popularity History of Santa

Full SSA rank history from 1880 to 2024

#5400Ranked in 2024

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Yearly Ranking Snapshot

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Selected Year Rank
#5400

Santa was nationally ranked in 2024.

Change Vs Previous Year
+3481

better than 2023

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, latest release 2024. Names used fewer than 5 times in a given year are not ranked.

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Baby Name Lists That Include Santa

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Quick Facts

OriginLatin, Spanish, Italian
Syllables2
Length5 letters

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