Masculine dossier · first seen 1884

Son

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Son
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1982

Peak era

1982

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Millennial

1884Peak 19822024

Peak year

1982

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,061

Son is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1982, when 41 boys were named Son.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,061 Americans have been named Son and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationMillennial

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1982

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