girls:
459 births since 1938
#5257 (8th percentile)
boys:
98 births since 1977
#4488 (2nd percentile)
overall:
557 births since 1938
#7182 (7th percentile)
The name Carron is the #7,182 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 557 recorded births since 1938. This represents the 7.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,257 (8.0% percentile) for all time with 459 births since 1938. For boys, it ranks #4,488 (2.1% percentile) for all time with 98 births since 1977.
Carron first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1938 (1938 for girls and 1977 for boys). Birth data for Carron is available in 54 out of the 76 years between 1938 and 2013 (43 years for girls and 14 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Carron has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.4% of all recorded births being female. In 2013, 0.0% of babies named Carron were girls. Interestingly, until around 1993, the name was more popular for girls (96.2% girls from 1938 to 1992), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1993 to 2013).
For girls, Carron reached its peak popularity in 1942, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #607) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1942, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1990.
For boys, Carron reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #763) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2013.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carron".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Carron. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.4% confident that Carron is pronounced as KA-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-ruhn, at 34.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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