boy's name

Sante

  • Origin Italian
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 181

Sante is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Sante is a name of Italian origin.
  • Peaked in 1962, when 8 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 473,709 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1917.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Sante over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Sante by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 13
1920s 17
1930s 13
1940s 5
1950s 6
1960s 18
1980s 11
2000s 23
2020s (to 2025) 20

How popular is Sante?

In 2025, Sante was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Sante is used

France #1,416 5 in 1963
United States #9,881 7 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Sante

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Sibling names for Sante

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sante — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Sante

How popular is the name Sante?

In 2025, Sante was given to 7 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Sante a girl's or a boy's name?

Sante is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Sante?

Sante has 2 syllables.

When was Sante most popular?

Sante peaked in 1962, when 8 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Sante a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Sante currently ranks #9,881 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.