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

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Peak · girls
1948 · 264 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,208
since 1933

Karon over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #503, 1948peak #1,174, 1996girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,70721
2024—#3,52432
2023—#3,80229
2022—#3,15138
2021—#3,42733
2020—#2,88641
2019—#2,42155
2018—#2,61748
2017—#2,15463
2016—#2,11066
2015—#2,25359
2014—#2,37054
2013—#1,82778
2012—#2,03668
2011—#1,83577
2010—#1,470111
2009—#1,459114
2008#17,5045#1,445114
2007—#1,445111
2006#15,1526#1,379116
2005#10,9219#1,296118
2004#12,7617#1,53087
2003—#1,45190
2002#13,5956#1,63673
2001#13,5216#1,50281
2000#13,1546#1,39190
1999#7,71612#1,26997
1998#14,1225#1,50273
1997#8,33410#1,33384
1996#11,8076#1,17499
1995#10,5147#1,43069
1994#11,7786#1,25486
1993#5,41917#1,35871
1992#5,05119#1,34071
1991#5,94915#1,50258
1990#6,13114#1,51656
1989#4,52220#1,79342
1988#4,84017#2,03531
1987#4,28319#1,79336
1986#3,55424#2,09627
1985#4,45517#2,35722
1984#3,99019#2,15924
1983#3,34024#1,82230
1982#3,64722#1,51441
1981#4,96314#2,08625
1980#4,14818#2,11025
1979#2,72432#1,67034
1978#3,19624#1,83428
1977#2,06346#1,78029
1976#2,29236#2,24520
1975#1,78052#2,36118
1974#2,29034#3,5589
1973#1,80547#3,01311
1972#2,22234#2,53414
1971#1,62557—
1970#1,38975#4,2306
1969#1,32573—
1968#1,11093—
1967#1,20977—
1966#1,022102—
1965#876130#3,5376
1964#841153—
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1962#829160—
1961#758188#3,3567
1960#753184—
1959#796164#2,66310
1958#686206#3,5596
1957#666218#2,8229
1956#612244—
1955#646207#3,2017
1954#649202#2,9428
1953#688172#3,4256
1952#602208—
1951#635188—
1950#559221—
1949#581203—
1948#503264#2,32611
1947#552236#3,3706
1946#506240—
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1942#541187—
1941#626128#3,1336
1940#675105#2,6718
1939#83869—
1938#1,54724—
1937#1,63022—
1936#2,38612—
1935#3,7426#3,6455
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First appearance
1933

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.

Where Karon is popular in 1952

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedNHWashington: #474 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,480 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #447 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,054 girlsMNIllinois: #596 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,445 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedWIMichigan: #489 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,346 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedSDIowa: #369 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,740 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedINOhio: #577 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,555 girlsOHPennsylvania: #655 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,883 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #904 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 16,419 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedNEMissouri: #323 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,179 girlsMOKentucky: #490 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,737 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedKSArkansas: #330 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,490 girlsARTennessee: #487 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,173 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #327 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,685 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedLAMississippi: #500 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,637 girlsMSAlabama: #423 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,603 girlsALGeorgia: #532 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,341 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Karon, so not publishedHITexas: #380 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,959 girlsTXFlorida: #467 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,673 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Missouri#323 · 1 in 3,179
  2. Oklahoma#327 · 1 in 2,685
  3. Arkansas#330 · 1 in 2,490
  4. Iowa#369 · 1 in 4,740
  5. Texas#380 · 1 in 2,959

Best ever in a state: #139 in South Dakota, 1945.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Missouri#323131 in 3,179
Oklahoma#32781 in 2,685
Arkansas#33081 in 2,490
Iowa#36961 in 4,740
Texas#380361 in 2,959
Alabama#42381 in 4,603
Minnesota#44751 in 7,054
Florida#46771 in 4,673
Washington#47451 in 5,480
Tennessee#48761 in 6,173
Michigan#489111 in 7,346
Kentucky#49051 in 6,737
Mississippi#50051 in 5,637
Georgia#53261 in 7,341
Ohio#57791 in 10,555
Illinois#59691 in 10,445
Pennsylvania#65581 in 13,883
California#90481 in 16,419
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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 Karon
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1933
  • Peaked 1948 at #503 (264 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 17 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1939–1965
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,431
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 32.7% of all girls named Karon (2,030) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1978
  • Mostly girls until 1977, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s138#838 (1939)#2,394
1940s1,933#503 (1948)#559
1950s2,030#559 (1950)#654
1960s1,320#753 (1960)#955
1970s437#1,389 (1970)#2,139
1980s194#3,340 (1983)#4,174
1990s111#5,051 (1992)#8,682
2000s45#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 1952

girls
#602
208 births · 1 in 8,915 girls

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #602Karon208
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 8,915 of them was named Karon, which outranked 90.6% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karon
  1. #599Lea210
  2. #599Malinda210
  3. #601Helena209
  4. #602Karon208
  5. #603Marylou207
  6. #603Rosanna207
  7. #603Sydney207
Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,501Pandora#3,284 → #783
  2. ↑ 368Lise#1,314 → #946
  3. ↑ 353Vanessa#656 → #303
  4. ↑ 334Dorinda#1,170 → #836
  5. ↑ 332Mitzi#928 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 380Rhona#988 → #1,368
  2. ↓ 342Sharleen#765 → #1,107
  3. ↓ 270Enid#908 → #1,178
  4. ↓ 237Allyn#988 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 230Sheron#908 → #1,138

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1952 →