MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Son mean?
Son is a vernacular gold word found in northern names. It also names the Son river, so the river association can accompany the precious-metal reading.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सोन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Son in Indian usage
26,578 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Used for both boys and girls in these historical records; the recorded sex does not determine anyone’s identity.
- Recorded as female: 16,631 records (62.6%).
- Recorded as male: 9,947 records (37.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 826 |
| 1940s | 1,885 |
| 1950s | 2,937 |
| 1960s | 4,276 |
| 1970s | 4,576 |
| 1980s | 6,828 |
| 1990s | 5,012 |
| Other decades | 238 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 11,187 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,161 |
| Delhi | 2,934 |
| Bihar | 2,737 |
| Rajasthan | 1,809 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,085 |
| Maharashtra | 755 |
| Haryana | 624 |
| Assam | 517 |
| Sikkim | 458 |
| Jharkhand | 403 |
| Punjab | 326 |
| Uttarakhand | 324 |
| Meghalaya | 121 |
| Other states | 137 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001