first name
SON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 43,275 people named Son, 39.5% reported their origin as White, 24.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 20.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Son peaked in 1982, when 41 babies got the name.
At least 1,066 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Son by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #1,679. The largest share of babies named Son, 35.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Son, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Son ranks #2,326 of 156,621, with 15,288 people. See Son as a last name
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