Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Son” in the USA?

Number of people named “Son” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Son” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Son” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Son” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Son” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Son” by birth year

This chart shows how “Son” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1884 8 0.000032859 8 -100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 -100%
1889 8 0.000027687 8 -100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 -100%
1891 9 0.000031395 9 -100%
1893 10 0.000030748 10 -100%
1894 16 0.000047241 16 -100%
1895 11 0.000031337 11 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1897 15 0.000043233 15 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 9 0.00002653 9 -100%
1900 22 0.000048861 22 -100%
1901 16 0.000046268 16 -100%
1902 13 0.000033615 13 -100%
1903 13 0.000034103 13 -100%
1904 12 0.000029741 12 -100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 -100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 -100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 15 0.000029341 15 -100%
1910 15 0.000025393 15 -100%
1911 14 0.00002173 14 -100%
1912 14 0.000014169 14 -100%
1913 12 0.000010553 12 -100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 -100%
1915 14 0.00000764 14 -100%
1916 18 0.000009305 18 -100%
1917 13 0.000006478 13 -100%
1918 9 0.000004145 9 -100%
1919 19 0.000009004 19 -100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1921 8 0.000003427 8 -100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 -100%
1923 5 0.000002172 5 -100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 -100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 -100%
1926 9 0.00000392 9 -100%
1927 6 0.000002587 6 -100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 -100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 -100%
1957 5 0.00000119 5 100%
1975 6 0.000001987 6 -100%
1976 13 0.000004284 13 -100%
1977 9 0.000002833 9 -100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 -100%
1979 19 0.000005711 19 -100%
1980 36 0.000010451 36 -100%
1981 30 0.000008672 30 -100%
1982 41 0.000011688 41 -100%
1983 35 0.000010106 35 -100%
1984 26 0.000007453 26 -100%
1985 33 0.000009246 33 -100%
1986 31 0.000008715 31 -100%
1987 21 0.000005824 21 -100%
1988 22 0.000005954 22 -100%
1989 13 0.000003382 13 -100%
1990 18 0.000004554 18 -100%
1991 25 0.000006418 25 -100%
1992 14 0.000003645 14 -100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 -100%
1994 22 0.000005918 22 -100%
1995 22 0.000006007 22 -100%
1996 11 0.000003016 11 -100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 -100%
1998 12 0.000003262 12 -100%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 -100%
2000 7 0.000001852 7 -100%
2001 7 0.00000187 7 -100%
2002 6 0.000001605 6 -100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 -100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 -100%
2005 9 0.000002341 9 -100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 -100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 -100%
2008 8 0.000002035 8 -100%
2009 6 0.000001571 6 -100%
2013 5 0.000001371 5 -100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 -100%
2017 6 0.000001678 6 -100%
2018 7 0.000001991 7 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%

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