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 | ||
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| 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.
Where Karon is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#325 · 1 in 2,291
- Mississippi#332 · 1 in 2,068
- Arkansas#337 · 1 in 2,186
- South Carolina#436 · 1 in 3,705
- Florida#445 · 1 in 3,851
Best ever in a state: #139 in South Dakota, 1945.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #325 | 15 | 1 in 2,291 |
| Mississippi | #332 | 12 | 1 in 2,068 |
| Arkansas | #337 | 8 | 1 in 2,186 |
| South Carolina | #436 | 7 | 1 in 3,705 |
| Florida | #445 | 13 | 1 in 3,851 |
| Georgia | #475 | 10 | 1 in 4,455 |
| Texas | #505 | 27 | 1 in 4,139 |
| Indiana | #603 | 6 | 1 in 8,318 |
| North Carolina | #623 | 6 | 1 in 8,129 |
| Illinois | #839 | 8 | 1 in 13,328 |
| California | #924 | 13 | 1 in 13,471 |
| New York | #1,098 | 7 | 1 in 23,996 |
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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
- 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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 10,737 of them was named Karon, which outranked 89.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 303,456 of them was named Karon, which outranked 27.9% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,097Zeferino8
- #3,097Zeno8
- #3,097Zimbalist8
- #3,356Karon7
- #3,356Adelbert7
- #3,356Adonis7
- #3,356Alanzo7
- #3,652Abundio6
- #3,652Adelaido6
- #3,652Adriano6
Tied with 295 names at #3,356; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.