Southern is a distinctive boys' name in United States, ranking #10448 in 2020 with 7 recorded births. This places Southern in the bottom 26% of ranked US boys' names for the year. Its actual usage is classified as Rare. The name reached its all-time peak in 2025 with 11 births ranking #7607. In 2020, approximately 1 in every 246,438 boys born was named Southern. STABLE Recent data shows the name is currently stable.