Southern — #9380 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Southern

The Social Security Administration has registered 107 babies named Southern between 2007 and 2024, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Southern currently holds the #9380 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Southern is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 56 additional births since 1923.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Southern performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Southern shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Southern 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 107 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.