Southern**
#19,196 most common girls' name of all time · #31,439 across all names · 37% male / 63% female · used 1923–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#19,196
Rank overall
#31,439 of 105,966
First appeared
1923
Years on the list
16 of 146
All-time
181
Since 2016
144
Peak year
2024 #9,044
Best rank
#8,488 2020
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Southern first appears in 1923. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #12,081 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | 20 | #9,044 |
| 2023 | 8 | 10 | 18 | #11,290 |
| 2022 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,782 |
| 2021 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #11,285 |
| 2020 | 12 | 7 | 19 | #8,488 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #11,490 |
| 2018 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #11,545 |
| 2017 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,040 |
| 2016 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,525 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,989 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,793 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,857 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,876 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1923 | — | 6 | 6 | — |