Southern
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- SUTH-ern
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Southern is a name of English origin, meaning “from the south”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Southern mean?
English: English word and surname
“from the south”
Is Southern a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Southern has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Southern in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Southern, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2020, with 12 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007. 11 boys were also named Southern in 2025 (7,190th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Southern than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Southern in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Southern in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
Names like Southern
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sevyn Navy Saylor Sutton Sawyer Palmer River Leighton Harlow Collins Scottie Oakley
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Southern: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/southern, updated 20 October 2026.