Son
Boy · SUHN · Vietnamese
Son is a boys' name of Vietnamese origin, meaning “mountain”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Son mean?
Vietnamese: Vietnamese Sơn
“mountain”
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Is Son a girl's or a boy's name?
Son is a boys' name.
How popular is Son in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Son in the US since 1880 were born between 1911 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Son in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 22 | #3,095 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 16 | #3,812 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,303 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 21 | #2,555 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,915 |
| 1985 | 33 | #1,793 |
| 1984 | 26 | #2,035 |
| 1983 | 35 | #1,650 |
| 1982 | 41 | #1,513 |
| 1981 | 30 | #1,864 |
| 1980 | 36 | #1,619 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 6 | #3,695 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,902 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,751 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,187 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,697 |
| 1915 | 14 | #1,967 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,100 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,579 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,267 |
| 1911 | 14 | #895 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 15 | #714 |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 8 | #926 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 12 | #686 |
| 1903 | 13 | #619 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 16 | #487 |
| 1900 | 22 | #490 |
| 1899 | 9 | #714 |
| 1898 | 9 | #743 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 11 | #640 |
| 1894 | 16 | #502 |
| 1893 | 10 | #650 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 9 | #635 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 8 | #722 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 8 | #701 |
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