Son
#4,613 most common boys' name of all time · #11,375 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1884–2019
Rank among boys
#4,613
Rank overall
#11,375 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
1,066
Since 2016
18
Peak year
1982 #1,518
Best rank
#503 1901
Girls
Boys
peak 41/yr
Son first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,189 |
| 2018 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,698 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,821 |
| 2015 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,179 |
| 2009 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,031 |
| 2008 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,044 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,824 |
| 2006 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,617 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,678 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,995 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,746 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,426 |
| 2001 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,379 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,242 |
| 1999 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,333 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,176 |
| 1997 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,164 |
| 1996 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,211 |
| 1995 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,109 |
| 1994 | — | 22 | 22 | #3,122 |
| 1993 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,837 |
| 1992 | — | 14 | 14 | #4,127 |
| 1991 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,687 |
| 1990 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,333 |
| 1989 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,039 |
| 1988 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,613 |
| 1987 | — | 21 | 21 | #2,574 |
| 1986 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,925 |
| 1985 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,804 |
| 1984 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,045 |
| 1983 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,657 |
| 1982 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,518 |
| 1981 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,872 |
| 1980 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1979 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,486 |
| 1978 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,485 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,871 |
| 1976 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,966 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,850 |
| 1957 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 1937 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,587 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,749 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,826 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,782 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,915 |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,299 |
| 1922 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,838 |
| 1921 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1920 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,241 |
| 1919 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,769 |
| 1918 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,913 |
| 1917 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,208 |
| 1916 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,724 |
| 1915 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,997 |
| 1914 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,149 |
| 1913 | — | 12 | 12 | #1,615 |
| 1912 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,300 |
| 1911 | — | 14 | 14 | #916 |
| 1910 | — | 15 | 15 | #814 |
| 1909 | — | 15 | 15 | #745 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,291 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,424 |
| 1906 | — | 8 | 8 | #983 |
| 1905 | — | 9 | 9 | #899 |
| 1904 | — | 12 | 12 | #721 |
| 1903 | — | 13 | 13 | #654 |
| 1902 | — | 13 | 13 | #650 |
| 1901 | — | 16 | 16 | #503 |
| 1900 | — | 22 | 22 | #516 |
| 1899 | — | 9 | 9 | #771 |
| 1898 | — | 9 | 9 | #795 |
| 1897 | — | 15 | 15 | #553 |
| 1896 | — | 8 | 8 | #886 |
| 1895 | — | 11 | 11 | #680 |
| 1894 | — | 16 | 16 | #520 |
| 1893 | — | 10 | 10 | #701 |
| 1891 | — | 9 | 9 | #696 |
| 1890 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,107 |
| 1889 | — | 8 | 8 | #786 |
| 1888 | — | 10 | 10 | #701 |
| 1884 | — | 8 | 8 | #761 |