Son
Last seen for girls in 1957 at #6,086 · Last seen for boys in 2019 at #12,145
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1901 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,061since 1884
Son over time
Rank among boys' names. Son has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #10,775 | 6 | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | #9,019 | 8 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #9,585 | 7 | |
| 2005 | — | #7,640 | 9 | |
| 2004 | — | #9,948 | 6 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #8,209 | 7 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,187 | 11 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,100 | 22 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,819 | 16 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,683 | 25 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,309 | 18 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,017 | 13 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,559 | 21 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,917 | 31 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,794 | 33 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,036 | 26 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,651 | 35 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,514 | 41 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,865 | 30 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,619 | 36 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,473 | 18 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,836 | 9 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,946 | 13 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
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| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
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| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1937 | — | #3,518 | 5 | |
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| 1928 | — | #3,697 | 6 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,214 | 8 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,752 | 19 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,188 | 13 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,968 | 14 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,101 | 10 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,268 | 14 | |
| 1911 | — | #896 | 14 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #686 | 12 | |
| 1903 | — | #619 | 13 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #487 | 16 | |
| 1900 | — | #490 | 22 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #826 | 8 | |
| 1895 | — | #640 | 11 | |
| 1894 | — | #502 | 16 | |
| 1893 | — | #650 | 10 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #994 | 5 | |
| 1889 | — | #722 | 8 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Son! It came in at #701, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1887, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Son is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#955 · 1 in 18,615
- Texas#1,156 · 1 in 24,528
Best ever in a state: #203 in Tennessee, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #955 | 12 | 1 in 18,615 |
| Texas | #1,156 | 6 | 1 in 24,528 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Son
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 503 spots in 1909 (#1,217 → #714)
- Biggest drop: 418 spots in 1907 (#927 → #1,345)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1901 at #487 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1893–1906
- Highest: 1 in 6,654 boys born in 1901 were named Son (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,843 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 27.1% of all boys named Son (288) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | #648 (1888) | #690 |
| 1890s | 92 | #502 (1894) | #691 |
| 1900s | 119 | #487 (1901) | #794 |
| 1910s | 138 | #782 (1910) | #1,712 |
| 1920s | 64 | #2,801 (1922) | #3,495 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,518 (1937) | #3,518 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,505 (1941) | #3,505 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 65 | #2,465 (1979) | #3,303 |
| 1980s | 288 | #1,514 (1982) | #2,157 |
| 1990s | 158 | #2,683 (1991) | #4,391 |
| 2000s | 73 | #6,715 (2003) | #8,963 |
| 2010s | 28 | #9,670 (2018) | #11,362 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Son in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 56,006 of them was named Son, which outranked 76.4% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).