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Son Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Son?

In 2018 the rare name Son, ranked the 10,528th Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Son is currently less popular.

Position 504, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1901.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1982 with 41 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Son in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2016.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Son occurred roughly during the years 1913-1916, and 1977-1980, whereas clearly downward trends happened around 1900-1904, and 1986-1989.

Sometimes the name Son has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

The popularity trend for Son has been moving downward for a while. In recent years however, the number of babies given the name Son has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Son?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a very low point.

The name Son is mostly unused but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

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   Son (Girl)Son (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 < 5 -- 7 10,528
2017 < 5 -- 6 11,995
2016 < 5 -- < 5 --
2015 < 5 -- 5 13,738
2014 < 5 -- < 5 --
2013 < 5 -- 5 13,758
2012 < 5 -- < 5 --
2011 < 5 -- < 5 --
2010 < 5 -- < 5 --
2009 < 5 -- 6 12,257
2008 < 5 -- 8 9,731
2007 < 5 -- 7 10,735
2006 < 5 -- 7 10,497
2005 < 5 -- 9 8,196
2004 < 5 -- 6 11,155
2003 < 5 -- 10 7,168
2002 < 5 -- 6 10,478
2001 < 5 -- 7 9,093
2000 < 5 -- 7 8,985
1999 < 5 -- 12 5,606
1998 < 5 -- 12 5,415
1997 < 5 -- 6 9,103
1996 < 5 -- 11 5,481
1995 < 5 -- 22 3,176
1994 < 5 -- 22 3,197
1993 < 5 -- 16 3,990
1992 < 5 -- 14 4,299
1991 < 5 -- 25 2,741
1990 < 5 -- 18 3,441
1989 < 5 -- 13 4,237
1988 < 5 -- 22 2,671
1987 < 5 -- 21 2,628
1986 < 5 -- 31 1,956
1985 < 5 -- 33 1,829
1984 < 5 -- 26 2,091
1983 < 5 -- 35 1,682
1982 < 5 -- 41 1,534
1981 < 5 -- 30 1,898
1980 < 5 -- 36 1,648
1979 < 5 -- 19 2,550
1978 < 5 -- 18 2,556
1977 < 5 -- 9 4,115
1976 < 5 -- 13 3,068
1975 < 5 -- 6 5,376
1974 < 5 -- < 5 --
1973 < 5 -- < 5 --
1972 < 5 -- < 5 --
1971 < 5 -- < 5 --
1970 < 5 -- < 5 --
1969 < 5 -- < 5 --
1968 < 5 -- < 5 --
1967 < 5 -- < 5 --
1966 < 5 -- < 5 --
1965 < 5 -- < 5 --
1964 < 5 -- < 5 --
1963 < 5 -- < 5 --
1962 < 5 -- < 5 --
1961 < 5 -- < 5 --
1960 < 5 -- < 5 --
1959 < 5 -- < 5 --
1958 < 5 -- < 5 --
1957 5 6,900 < 5 --
1956 < 5 -- < 5 --
1955 < 5 -- < 5 --
1954 < 5 -- < 5 --
1953 < 5 -- < 5 --
1952 < 5 -- < 5 --
1951 < 5 -- < 5 --
1950 < 5 -- < 5 --
1949 < 5 -- < 5 --
1948 < 5 -- < 5 --
1947 < 5 -- < 5 --
1946 < 5 -- < 5 --
1945 < 5 -- < 5 --
1944 < 5 -- < 5 --
1943 < 5 -- < 5 --
1942 < 5 -- < 5 --
1941 < 5 -- 5 3,942
1940 < 5 -- < 5 --
1939 < 5 -- < 5 --
1938 < 5 -- < 5 --
1937 < 5 -- 5 3,952
1936 < 5 -- < 5 --
1935 < 5 -- < 5 --
1934 < 5 -- < 5 --
1933 < 5 -- < 5 --
1932 < 5 -- < 5 --
1931 < 5 -- < 5 --
1930 < 5 -- < 5 --
1929 < 5 -- < 5 --
1928 < 5 -- 6 4,092
1927 < 5 -- 6 4,153
1926 < 5 -- 9 3,114
1925 < 5 -- 6 4,133
1924 < 5 -- 6 4,282
1923 < 5 -- 5 4,800
1922 < 5 -- 10 2,976
1921 < 5 -- 8 3,473
1920 < 5 -- 8 3,460
1919 < 5 -- 19 1,802
1918 < 5 -- 9 3,073
1917 < 5 -- 13 2,269
1916 < 5 -- 18 1,758
1915 < 5 -- 14 2,051
1914 < 5 -- 10 2,250
1913 < 5 -- 12 1,665
1912 < 5 -- 14 1,344
1911 < 5 -- 14 919
1910 < 5 -- 15 818
1909 < 5 -- 15 748
1908 < 5 -- 6 1,355
1907 < 5 -- 5 1,520
1906 < 5 -- 8 991
1905 < 5 -- 9 912
1904 < 5 -- 12 718
1903 < 5 -- 13 653
1902 < 5 -- 13 645
1901 < 5 -- 16 504
1900 < 5 -- 22 514
1899 < 5 -- 9 776
1898 < 5 -- 9 795
1897 < 5 -- 15 547
1896 < 5 -- 8 888
1895 < 5 -- 11 674
1894 < 5 -- 16 518
1893 < 5 -- 10 699
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- 9 694
1890 < 5 -- 5 1,143
1889 < 5 -- 8 781
1888 < 5 -- 10 694
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- < 5 --
1885 < 5 -- < 5 --
1884 < 5 -- 8 748
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- < 5 --
1880 < 5 -- < 5 --

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.