Son Popularity by Year
Follow Son across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Son birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Boys | 5 | #12,145 | Down 2,475 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Up 1,105 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 6 | #10,775 | Up 1,311 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 5 | #12,086 | Up 50 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 5 | #12,136 | Down 1,142 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 6 | #10,994 | Down 1,975 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 8 | #9,019 | Up 769 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 7 | #9,788 | Down 203 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 7 | #9,585 | Down 1,945 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 9 | #7,640 | Up 2,308 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 6 | #9,948 | Down 3,233 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 10 | #6,715 | Up 2,677 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 6 | #9,392 | Down 1,053 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 7 | #8,339 | Down 130 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 7 | #8,209 | Down 2,892 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 12 | #5,317 | Down 158 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 12 | #5,159 | Up 2,951 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 6 | #8,110 | Down 2,923 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 11 | #5,187 | Down 2,087 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 22 | #3,100 | Up 9 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 22 | #3,109 | Up 710 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 16 | #3,819 | Up 295 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 14 | #4,114 | Down 1,431 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 25 | #2,683 | Up 626 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 18 | #3,309 | Up 708 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 13 | #4,017 | Down 1,418 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 22 | #2,599 | Down 40 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 21 | #2,559 | Down 642 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 31 | #1,917 | Down 123 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 33 | #1,794 | Up 242 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 26 | #2,036 | Down 385 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 35 | #1,651 | Down 137 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 41 | #1,514 | Up 351 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 30 | #1,865 | Down 246 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 36 | #1,619 | Up 846 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 19 | #2,465 | Up 8 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 18 | #2,473 | Up 1,363 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 9 | #3,836 | Down 890 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 13 | #2,946 | Up 1,851 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 6 | #4,797 | Down 1,292 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 5 | #6,086 | — |
| 1941 | Boys | 5 | #3,505 | Up 13 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 5 | #3,518 | Up 179 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 6 | #3,697 | Up 83 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 6 | #3,780 | Down 876 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 9 | #2,904 | Up 837 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 6 | #3,741 | Up 126 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 6 | #3,867 | Up 372 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 5 | #4,239 | Down 1,438 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 10 | #2,801 | Up 413 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 8 | #3,214 | Down 6 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 8 | #3,208 | Down 1,456 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 19 | #1,752 | Up 1,130 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 9 | #2,882 | Down 694 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 13 | #2,188 | Down 490 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 18 | #1,698 | Up 270 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 14 | #1,968 | Up 133 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 10 | #2,101 | Down 521 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 12 | #1,580 | Down 312 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 14 | #1,268 | Down 372 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 14 | #896 | Down 114 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 15 | #782 | Down 68 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 15 | #714 | Up 503 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 6 | #1,217 | Up 128 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 5 | #1,345 | Down 418 places |
| 1906 | Boys | 8 | #927 | Down 91 places |
| 1905 | Boys | 9 | #836 | Down 150 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 12 | #686 | Down 67 places |
| 1903 | Boys | 13 | #619 | Down 4 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 13 | #615 | Down 128 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 16 | #487 | Up 3 places |
| 1900 | Boys | 22 | #490 | Up 224 places |
| 1899 | Boys | 9 | #714 | Up 30 places |
| 1898 | Boys | 9 | #744 | Down 229 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 15 | #515 | Up 311 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 8 | #826 | Down 186 places |
| 1895 | Boys | 11 | #640 | Down 138 places |
| 1894 | Boys | 16 | #502 | Up 148 places |
| 1893 | Boys | 10 | #650 | Down 15 places |
| 1891 | Boys | 9 | #635 | Up 359 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 5 | #994 | Down 272 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 8 | #722 | Down 74 places |
| 1888 | Boys | 10 | #648 | Up 53 places |
| 1884 | Boys | 8 | #701 | — |