Sante
Sante is both a masculine Italian given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Sante
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sante is both a masculine Italian given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Sante
The earliest SSA record of Sante as a baby boy name dates back to 1917, when 7 babies received it. 1962 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Sante — #3,042 in the national rankings. Sante last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 118 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Sante
Sante is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1917 and has accumulated 118 births in the dataset. Sante's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #3,042. Use the chart and map above to compare Sante's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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