Caron
Last seen for girls in 2004 at #12,761 · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 75.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 171 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,179since 1937
Caron over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #12,008 | 5 | |
| 2024 | — | #7,765 | 10 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,335 | 13 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,451 | 16 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,951 | 19 | |
| 2018 | — | #4,918 | 19 | |
| 2017 | — | #6,338 | 13 | |
| 2016 | — | #4,943 | 19 | |
| 2015 | — | #7,066 | 11 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,891 | 26 | |
| 2013 | — | #3,864 | 26 | |
| 2012 | — | #3,297 | 33 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,046 | 37 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,682 | 45 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,800 | 43 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,981 | 71 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,995 | 70 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,542 | 47 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,922 | 66 | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #1,953 | 62 |
| 2003 | — | #2,392 | 44 | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #2,504 | 39 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | — | #5,588 | 12 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 | #3,597 | 20 |
| 1997 | — | #4,059 | 16 | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #4,227 | 14 |
| 1992 | — | #4,872 | 11 | |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #3,809 | 14 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #3,017 | 29 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #2,847 | 31 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #1,936 | 55 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #1,623 | 69 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #1,314 | 91 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #1,110 | 115 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,196 | 38 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,100 | 39 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #2,127 | 37 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,516 | 66 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,653 | 56 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,927 | 42 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,708 | 47 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,399 | 62 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,209 | 79 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,168 | 84 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,204 | 84 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,180 | 86 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,043 | 107 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,049 | 109 | — | |
| 1960 | #993 | 117 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,005 | 110 | — | |
| 1958 | #951 | 118 | — | |
| 1957 | #865 | 138 | — | |
| 1956 | #742 | 171 | — | |
| 1955 | #876 | 123 | — | |
| 1954 | #905 | 113 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #1,040 | 86 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,028 | 83 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,626 | 33 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,323 | 48 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,250 | 53 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,229 | 49 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,249 | 41 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 | — | |
| 1943 | #992 | 64 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,374 | 30 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,125 | 15 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,340 | 13 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
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| 1935 | — | #3,645 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Caron! It came in at #4,255, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Caron is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#995 · 1 in 13,682
- New York#1,169 · 1 in 12,365
Best ever in a state: #324 in Massachusetts, 1956.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #995 | 5 | 1 in 13,682 |
| New York | #1,169 | 8 | 1 in 12,365 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Caron
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2004
- Biggest jump: 308 spots in 1943 (#1,300 → #992)
- Biggest drop: 323 spots in 1944 (#992 → #1,315)
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 1956 at #742 (171 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1954–1958
- Highest: 1 in 11,741 girls born in 1956 were named Caron (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 262,321 girls born in 2004 (0.00%)
- 31.9% of all girls named Caron (1,014) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1994, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 33 | #2,125 (1939) | #2,907 |
| 1940s | 443 | #992 (1943) | #1,263 |
| 1950s | 1,014 | #742 (1956) | #1,054 |
| 1960s | 817 | #993 (1960) | #1,288 |
| 1970s | 565 | #1,110 (1977) | #1,902 |
| 1980s | 214 | #1,936 (1980) | #4,735 |
| 1990s | 69 | #5,286 (1990) | #7,973 |
| 2000s | 24 | #10,102 (2001) | #11,324 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Caron in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 23,265 of them was named Caron, which outranked 86.4% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,605Nova70
- #1,605Piper70
- #1,605Shunta70
- #1,623Caron69
- #1,623Amiee69
- #1,623Annalisa69
- #1,623Bethann69
- #1,645Alethea68
- #1,645Aubree68
- #1,645Cassondra68
Tied with 21 names at #1,623; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 191,282 of them was named Caron, which outranked 42.5% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).