Santa Popularity by Year
Follow Santa across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Santa birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 13 | #7,885 | Down 2,585 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 24 | #5,300 | Up 3,186 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 12 | #8,486 | Up 570 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 11 | #9,056 | Up 6,195 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 5 | #15,251 | Down 5,001 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 9 | #10,250 | Up 1,106 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 8 | #11,356 | Down 811 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 9 | #10,545 | Down 1,204 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 11 | #9,341 | Up 772 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 10 | #10,113 | Down 632 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 11 | #9,481 | Up 5,077 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 6 | #14,558 | Down 5,522 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 12 | #9,036 | Up 675 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 11 | #9,711 | Up 1,470 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 9 | #11,181 | Down 730 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 10 | #10,451 | Down 1,072 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 12 | #9,379 | Down 1,270 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 15 | #8,109 | Up 2,020 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 11 | #10,129 | Down 3,773 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 20 | #6,356 | Up 3,096 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 11 | #9,452 | Up 1,238 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 9 | #10,690 | Up 3,154 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 6 | #13,844 | Down 6,400 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 14 | #7,444 | Up 1,907 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 10 | #9,351 | Up 5,680 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 5 | #15,031 | Down 8,195 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 14 | #6,836 | Down 1,713 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 20 | #5,123 | Up 105 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 19 | #5,228 | Down 1,286 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 27 | #3,942 | Up 735 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 21 | #4,677 | Down 439 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 24 | #4,238 | Up 286 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 22 | #4,524 | Down 288 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 24 | #4,236 | Down 28 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 24 | #4,208 | Up 315 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 21 | #4,523 | Down 1 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 20 | #4,522 | Up 131 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 18 | #4,653 | Down 796 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 22 | #3,857 | Down 303 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 24 | #3,554 | Down 384 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 28 | #3,170 | Down 26 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 27 | #3,144 | Down 592 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 35 | #2,552 | Up 465 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 29 | #3,017 | Down 89 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 30 | #2,928 | Down 650 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 43 | #2,278 | Down 404 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | Down 2,068 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 56 | #1,874 | Up 218 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 45 | #2,092 | Up 331 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 36 | #2,423 | Down 455 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 45 | #1,968 | Up 129 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 41 | #2,097 | Up 36 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 38 | #2,133 | Down 248 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 44 | #1,885 | Up 35 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 43 | #1,920 | Up 115 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 41 | #2,035 | Down 254 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 50 | #1,781 | Down 114 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 52 | #1,667 | Up 273 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 38 | #1,940 | Down 59 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 39 | #1,881 | Down 181 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 44 | #1,700 | Down 45 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 46 | #1,655 | Up 92 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 44 | #1,747 | Up 268 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 34 | #2,015 | Down 307 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 44 | #1,708 | Down 273 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 60 | #1,435 | Up 107 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 52 | #1,542 | Up 443 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 5 | #3,988 | Down 463 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 32 | #1,985 | Down 428 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 47 | #1,557 | Down 150 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 56 | #1,407 | Up 191 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 44 | #1,598 | Down 175 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 50 | #1,423 | Down 167 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 62 | #1,256 | Up 309 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 39 | #1,565 | Down 111 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 44 | #1,454 | Down 115 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 48 | #1,339 | Down 98 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 55 | #1,241 | Up 182 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 42 | #1,423 | Down 110 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 49 | #1,313 | Up 84 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 44 | #1,397 | Up 84 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 5 | #3,525 | Down 621 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 35 | #1,481 | Down 294 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 44 | #1,187 | Up 391 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 27 | #1,578 | Down 111 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 32 | #1,467 | Down 314 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 47 | #1,153 | Up 265 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 30 | #1,418 | Down 71 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 31 | #1,347 | Down 153 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 37 | #1,194 | Down 67 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 41 | #1,127 | Down 11 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 41 | #1,116 | Down 123 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 48 | #993 | Up 271 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 32 | #1,264 | Down 271 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 48 | #993 | Up 6 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 48 | #999 | Up 193 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 36 | #1,192 | Down 251 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 54 | #941 | Down 74 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 68 | #867 | Up 114 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 54 | #981 | Down 79 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 66 | #902 | Down 19 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 71 | #883 | Up 5 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 9 | #2,904 | Up 824 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 70 | #888 | Down 69 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 82 | #819 | Down 27 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 88 | #792 | Down 18 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 89 | #774 | Up 98 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 70 | #872 | Down 15 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 74 | #857 | No rank change |
| 1920 | Girls | 71 | #857 | Down 43 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 74 | #814 | Up 65 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 6 | #3,728 | Up 97 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 66 | #879 | Down 79 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 74 | #800 | Down 73 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 88 | #727 | Down 4 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 5 | #3,825 | Down 1,004 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 85 | #723 | Up 24 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 59 | #747 | Up 83 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 5 | #2,821 | — |
| 1913 | Girls | 40 | #830 | Up 173 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 26 | #1,003 | Down 165 places |
| 1911 | Girls | 26 | #838 | Up 192 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 18 | #1,030 | Up 122 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 13 | #1,152 | Down 270 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 20 | #882 | Up 108 places |
| 1907 | Girls | 15 | #990 | Up 961 places |
| 1906 | Girls | 5 | #1,951 | Down 531 places |
| 1905 | Girls | 8 | #1,420 | Down 510 places |
| 1904 | Girls | 16 | #910 | Up 556 places |
| 1901 | Girls | 6 | #1,466 | Up 466 places |
| 1900 | Girls | 5 | #1,932 | Down 538 places |
| 1899 | Girls | 6 | #1,394 | Up 22 places |
| 1896 | Girls | 6 | #1,416 | — |