Son

Boy · recorded 1884–2019

  • 2019last recorded
  • 1901best year

Most popular in 1901.

Last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1884

07515018841918195219852019

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 83 recorded years as a table
Son, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188470
188883
188972
189045
189189
189389
1894138
189594
189667
1897133
189873
189985
1900146
1901150
1902106
1903109
190494
190568
190660
190734
190839
190991
191077
191162
191233
191323
191415
191516
191620
191714
19189
191919
19208
19217
19229
19235
19245
19255
19268
19275
19285
19375
19414
19754
19768
19775
197811
197911
198020
198117
198223
198320
198414
198518
198617
198711
198811
19896
19909
199112
19927
19938
199411
199512
19966
19973
19986
19996
20004
20014
20023
20035
20043
20055
20063
20073
20084
20093
20133
20153
20173
20184
20193

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Son isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019
5
Rank in 2019
#12,145
How rare
1 in 358,843 boys
Since 1884
1,061

Son was last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1901, at 150 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Son doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.