Tharon
- Last seen for girls in 1952 at #4,908
- Last seen for boys in 2019 at #9,756
- Given to boys 74.3% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 483since 1916
Tharon over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | #9,756 | 7 | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | #9,693 | 7 | |
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #9,788 | 7 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | #8,927 | 7 | |
| 2003 | — | #10,894 | 5 | |
| 2002 | — | #7,643 | 8 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | #4,791 | 12 | |
| 1994 | — | #8,800 | 5 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,615 | 8 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | #4,157 | 8 | |
| 1977 | — | #4,164 | 8 | |
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,659 | 9 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,716 | 13 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,521 | 8 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,470 | 11 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #3,930 | 5 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,050 | 8 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,200 | 14 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,685 | 10 | |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | #3,535 | 6 | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
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| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #4,908 | 6 | — | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | — | |
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | #3,593 | 9 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
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| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #3,390 | 6 |
| 1930 | — | #2,781 | 9 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,116 | 10 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,212 | 17 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,590 | 13 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
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| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1916
The first year at least five boys were named Tharon! It came in at #3,516, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Tharon is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Tharon in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Tharon
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1966 at #2,132 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 119,890
- Highest: 1 in 119,890 boys born in 1973 were named Tharon (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 256,317 boys born in 2019 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,132 in 1966, was only 1 in 127,390 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 22.2% of all boys named Tharon (107) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1956
- Mostly girls until 1955, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,516 (1916) | #3,516 |
| 1920s | 19 | #3,139 (1926) | #3,702 |
| 1930s | 15 | #2,781 (1930) | #3,086 |
| 1940s | 14 | #2,743 (1945) | #2,920 |
| 1950s | 18 | #3,535 (1956) | #3,571 |
| 1960s | 107 | #2,132 (1966) | #2,672 |
| 1970s | 75 | #2,716 (1973) | #3,842 |
| 1980s | 73 | #3,653 (1986) | #4,579 |
| 1990s | 72 | #4,791 (1995) | #6,665 |
| 2000s | 62 | #7,643 (2002) | #9,491 |
| 2010s | 22 | #8,781 (2014) | #9,410 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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