Southern Popularity by Year
Follow Southern across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Southern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 11 | #7,194 | Up 1,118 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 7 | #11,932 | Down 2,986 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 9 | #8,312 | Down 574 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 11 | #8,946 | Up 2,223 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 10 | #7,738 | Up 3,061 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 8 | #11,169 | Down 1,489 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 10 | #9,680 | Up 1,466 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 6 | #10,799 | Down 1,245 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 8 | #11,146 | Down 2,740 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 7 | #9,554 | Down 665 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 12 | #8,406 | Up 2,950 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 8 | #8,889 | Up 3,267 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 8 | #11,356 | Up 71 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 5 | #12,156 | Down 101 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 8 | #11,427 | Down 1,484 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 10 | #9,943 | Up 4,388 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 6 | #14,331 | Down 3,465 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 9 | #10,866 | Up 5,647 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 5 | #16,513 | Down 2,809 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 7 | #13,704 | Up 3,932 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 5 | #17,636 | — |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 8,233 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 6 | #3,822 | — |