Karon
Karon was the 4796th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 1175th; the most babies were born in 2005 (118). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,531 places. More babies were named Karon in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,796 boys, down 1,892 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 21boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2005118 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,406babies recorded
Karon popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #4,796 | — | 21 |
| 2020 | — | #2,904 | — | 41 |
| 2010 | — | #1,477 | — | 111 |
| 2000 | #14,012 | #1,396 | 6 | 90 |
| 1990 | #6,277 | #1,523 | 14 | 56 |
| 1980 | #4,217 | #2,142 | 18 | 25 |
| 1970 | #1,396 | #4,497 | 75 | 6 |
| 1960 | #754 | — | 184 | — |
| 1950 | #559 | — | 221 | — |
| 1940 | #677 | #2,764 | 105 | 8 |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Karon, counting every spelling?
Karon is the most common spelling of a name family that had 38 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 38 boys in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Karon?
21 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Karon (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Karon born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 401 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Karon.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Karon?
About 3,100 people born in the US named Karon are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 16 and 32. That makes Karon mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Karon by state
How common Karon was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Karon: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Karon, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Karon
How popular is the name Karon?
Karon was the 4796th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 21 babies. Its best year was 1996, when it ranked 1175th; the most babies were born in 2005 (118). Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,531 places. More babies were named Karon in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Karon a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Karon in the US.
Where is Karon most popular?
In 2021–2025, Karon was most common in Maryland (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania.