Sante

#10,494 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Sante has been given to 126 babies in the U.S. since 1917. In 2025 it ranked #10,494 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1962, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Sante, 2025

1 in 474,000

Sante over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Sante: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Sante means

Sante is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Sante is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 126 boys were recorded with the name Sante between 1917 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1962; its best national rank was #3,235 in 1933.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Sante?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,494; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 328,272 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Sante sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 328,272 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Sante. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Santes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Sante was born before 1963 — so the typical Sante is around 62 today.

Median birth year: 1963; About 62 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 18.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 29.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 78; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 18.3% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Sante rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −785; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 87.5%; Peak was 1962 (8)
Years since peak: 63; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,235; 1933

Spellings of Sante

Sante is not the most common spelling — Shane is, with 27.8% against Sante's 0.02%.

Shane27.8%192,583
Lance15.3%105,839
Zane8.2%56,664
Dante7.5%51,587
Lane6.9%47,562
Dane4.9%33,593
Tate4.0%27,400
Vance3.9%27,012

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Sante around the world

Where Sante ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1923–1963
#1,566
in 1963
South Australia
1950–2012
#771
in 2012

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Sante by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,494
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #3,235; 1933
Peak year: 1962; 8 that year
First recorded: 1917
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 126
Count in 2025: 7

Names similar to Sante

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sanay Santy Sanav Sanji Sani Sanel Sanjiv Sanjit Sanad Sanuel Santi Sanat Sandler Sanmay Santez Santa Sandip Sanil Santee Sandon Vonte Ronte Leonte Amante

Sibling names for Sante

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Juliann Lolita Jonna Maryjo Bettina Deidre Evonne Laureen

For a brother

Mitch Rob Toney Berry Tod Nicky Barton Deron

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