Son — boys' name

What the Data Says About Son

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,061 babies named Son between 1884 and 2019, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Son currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Son performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 288 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Son shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 165 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Son in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Son in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,061 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.