Boys' name · since 1927
South
11 babies named South in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #34,114 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,835 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 1927
- 2020s
- peak decade
11 babies have been named South since 1927, making it today's #10835 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, South has been recorded 11 times among boys since 1927, currently ranked #10835 nationally and more common than 22% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 2025.
- #34,114 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,835 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 11 born since 1927
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, South ranks #34,114 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,835 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 11 born since 1927, peaking in the 2020s.
- #34,114 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,835 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11
- born since 1927
- 2020s
- peak decade
South's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How South compares
11 4th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
South's all-time total is 97% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | South | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
South's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting South's full recorded timeline at 2025, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1927, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
South popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 99 years of records
South by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was South's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
South births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1927–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for South draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.