Son
Son is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 504th, in 1901.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198241 births
- Best rank
- #504in 1901
- Since 1884
- 1,061people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,061 boys have been named Son in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 41 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 41 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1980, and the 1980s alone account for 27%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Son | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 26 | |
| 1890s | 92 | |
| 1900s | 119 | |
| 1910s | 138 | |
| 1920s | 64 | |
| 1930s | 5 | |
| 1940s | 5 | |
| 1970s | 65 | |
| 1980s | 288 | |
| 1990s | 158 | |
| 2000s | 73 | |
| 2010s | 28 |
In 1982, its biggest year
Son was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1982 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Jason and David. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Son
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lemonpeak 1927
- Beepeak 1991
- Earlypeak 1927
- Toypeak 1919
- Odiepeak 1918
- Sampsonpeak 2017
- Manniepeak 1919
- Eligahpeak 1918
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.