NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Santa Ana, CA

8,904 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Santa Ana, 18th of 812 California cities. The largest group is behavior technician: 1,625, 18% of the city's records, against 18% across California. Page 110 of 179.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

The 8 largest groups in Santa Ana

  1. Behavior Technician1,625
  2. Mental Health Counselor684
  3. Marriage & Family Therapist678
  4. Clinical Social Worker433
  5. Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor407
  6. Registered Nurse281
  7. Counselor247
  8. Social Worker216

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Santa Ana in California

  • Rank in California18th of 812 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.9% of California's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups33.5% of all records

Compared with California as a whole, Santa Ana has 12.5× the state's share of community health registered nurse records and 0.50× its share of student in an organized health care education/training program records.

Providers in Santa Ana, alphabetically

  1. Syndey NadlerBehavior Technician1811599905
  2. Rithika NairBehavior Technician1750146825
  3. Zahra NajafiPharmacist1750601340
  4. Abraham NajeraBehavior Technician1649007238
  5. Alejandria Najera, NURSE PRACTITIONERFamily Nurse Practitioner1790255529
  6. Hector NajeraSocial Worker1336694058
  7. Sam Nakamura, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1386011369
  8. Tomoaki NakamuraAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1013525104
  9. Tylyn NakamuraBehavior Technician1821692195
  10. Christian Nakanishi, RBT, MSCPOther Technician1114383536
  11. Emerick Nakasone, ODOptometrist1346317112
  12. Tony Nakhla, D.O.Dermatology Physician1619052248
  13. Specious Nakirigya, RNRegistered Nurse1073257846
  14. Melody NamBehavior Technician1114708633
  15. Raymond NambarAdult Psychiatric/Mental Health Registered Nurse1780089565
  16. Caleb Namowicz, AMFT/APCCMarriage & Family Therapist1437015245
  17. Hatice NaneciBehavior Technician1477398097
  18. Jarrett NapierBehavior Technician1629658604
  19. Miranda NapolesBehavior Technician1437928710
  20. Syed Abbas Naqvi, DOStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1982194213
  21. Zahra Naqvi, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1093591497
  22. Kimberly Naraine, LCSWClinical Social Worker1568868016
  23. Sean Luc NaraineRegistered Nurse1003763384
  24. Shriya NaranapattyStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1184414757
  25. Eric Narciso, RNRegistered Nurse1912747122
  26. Angel NarvaezBehavior Technician1063277846
  27. Debbie NashMental Health Counselor1922601939
  28. Avishan Nasiri, DMDDentist1902286552
  29. Amitiss Nasiri-AnsariDentist1851542294
  30. Rita Nasr, RDRegistered Dietitian1891374575
  31. Julia Nasser, MDFamily Medicine Physician1306917851
  32. Amir Nasseri, M.D.Obstetrics & Gynecology Physician1063490712
  33. Maggie NassifDentist1265323927
  34. Stephanie NassmanBehavior Technician1467298919
  35. Frank Nastanski, M.D.Surgery Physician1295702843
  36. Hima Natla, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1730366139
  37. Caroline NavaBehavior Technician1730029265
  38. Elizabeth NavaDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1003594532
  39. Francisco NavaBehavior Technician1053148122
  40. Itzel NavaBehavior Technician1093510174
  41. Jair NavaBehavior Technician1477134286
  42. Karina NavaBehavior Technician1508446592
  43. Melissa NavaBehavior Technician1386527752
  44. Steffani NavaBehavior Technician1386224376
  45. Alexis Nava ValladaresDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1356949085
  46. Alejandrina NavarreteDay Training/Habilitation Specialist1174612196
  47. Ava NavarreteBehavior Technician1477437499
  48. Rosemari NavarreteMental Health Counselor1568006302
  49. Armando Navarrette, BAAssistant Health Information Record Technician1962051235
  50. Amber Navarro, APCC, PPSCMental Health Counselor1326811829

The largest California cities

  1. Los Angeles69,537
  2. San Diego52,937
  3. San Francisco38,143
  4. Sacramento33,083
  5. San Jose20,925

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How to read this directory

Santa Ana, California appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 8,904 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Santa Ana - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Santa Ana practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.

The provider mix in Santa Ana is weighted toward Behavior Technician (1,625 clinicians, followed by Mental Health Counselor with 684 and Marriage & Family Therapist with 678). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to California's population, Santa Ana reports roughly 22.9 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.

Of California's most common specialties, Internal Medicine Physician is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Santa Ana practice address, a coverage gap Santa Ana patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Santa Ana patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.

For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.

Common questions

How many doctors are in Santa Ana, CA?

There are 8,904 registered healthcare providers in Santa Ana, CA, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Santa Ana?

The most common specialties in Santa Ana are Behavior Technician, Mental Health Counselor, Marriage & Family Therapist, Clinical Social Worker, Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor. Behavior Technician has the most providers with 1,625.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.