Karon
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #17,504 · #4,707 for boys in 2025, 21 births
Given to girls 66.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 264 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,208since 1933
Karon 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 | — | #4,707 | 21 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,524 | 32 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,802 | 29 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,151 | 38 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,427 | 33 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,886 | 41 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,421 | 55 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,617 | 48 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,154 | 63 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,110 | 66 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,253 | 59 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,370 | 54 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,827 | 78 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,036 | 68 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,835 | 77 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,470 | 111 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,459 | 114 | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #1,445 | 114 |
| 2007 | — | #1,445 | 111 | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | #1,379 | 116 |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | #1,296 | 118 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | #1,530 | 87 |
| 2003 | — | #1,451 | 90 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #1,636 | 73 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #1,502 | 81 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #1,391 | 90 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #1,269 | 97 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | #1,502 | 73 |
| 1997 | #8,334 | 10 | #1,333 | 84 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #1,174 | 99 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #1,430 | 69 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #1,254 | 86 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 | #1,358 | 71 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #1,340 | 71 |
| 1991 | #5,949 | 15 | #1,502 | 58 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #1,516 | 56 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #1,793 | 42 |
| 1988 | #4,840 | 17 | #2,035 | 31 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | #1,793 | 36 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #2,096 | 27 |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #2,159 | 24 |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | #1,822 | 30 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 | #1,514 | 41 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #2,086 | 25 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | #2,110 | 25 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 | #1,670 | 34 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 | #1,834 | 28 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 46 | #1,780 | 29 |
| 1976 | #2,292 | 36 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1975 | #1,780 | 52 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #2,290 | 34 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #1,805 | 47 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,222 | 34 | #2,534 | 14 |
| 1971 | #1,625 | 57 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,389 | 75 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #1,325 | 73 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,110 | 93 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,209 | 77 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,022 | 102 | — | |
| 1965 | #876 | 130 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #841 | 153 | — | |
| 1963 | #823 | 160 | — | |
| 1962 | #829 | 160 | — | |
| 1961 | #758 | 188 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #753 | 184 | — | |
| 1959 | #796 | 164 | #2,663 | 10 |
| 1958 | #686 | 206 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #666 | 218 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #612 | 244 | — | |
| 1955 | #646 | 207 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #649 | 202 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #688 | 172 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #602 | 208 | — | |
| 1951 | #635 | 188 | — | |
| 1950 | #559 | 221 | — | |
| 1949 | #581 | 203 | — | |
| 1948 | #503 | 264 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #552 | 236 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #506 | 240 | — | |
| 1945 | #544 | 180 | — | |
| 1944 | #531 | 187 | — | |
| 1943 | #526 | 203 | — | |
| 1942 | #541 | 187 | — | |
| 1941 | #626 | 128 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #675 | 105 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #838 | 69 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #3,645 | 5 |
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| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Karon! It came in at #4,218, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1933–1934, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Karon
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 709 spots in 1939 (#1,547 → #838)
- Biggest drop: 146 spots in 1966 (#876 → #1,022)
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 1948 at #503 (264 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 17 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1939–1965
- Highest: 1 in 6,431 girls born in 1948 were named Karon (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 32.7% of all girls named Karon (2,030) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1977, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 138 | #838 (1939) | #2,394 |
| 1940s | 1,933 | #503 (1948) | #559 |
| 1950s | 2,030 | #559 (1950) | #654 |
| 1960s | 1,320 | #753 (1960) | #955 |
| 1970s | 437 | #1,389 (1970) | #2,139 |
| 1980s | 194 | #3,340 (1983) | #4,174 |
| 1990s | 111 | #5,051 (1992) | #8,682 |
| 2000s | 45 | #10,921 (2005) | #13,801 |
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.
Karon in 1953
Top girls' names in 1953
Top boys' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 10,938 of them was named Karon, which outranked 89.4% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #685Cornelia174
- #685Marylou174
- #687Freida173
- #688Karon172
- #688Eddie172
- #688Janna172
- #688Krista172
- #697Charleen171
- #697Jodie171
- #697Lottie171
Tied with 8 names at #688; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 328,717 of them was named Karon, which outranked 21.1% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).