girls:
1k births since 1937
#4715 (17th percentile)
boys:
215 births since 1970
#4371 (5th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1937
#6524 (16th percentile)
The name Charon is the #6,524 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,216 recorded births since 1937. This represents the 15.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,715 (17.5% percentile) for all time with 1,001 births since 1937. For boys, it ranks #4,371 (4.6% percentile) for all time with 215 births since 1970.
Charon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1937 (1937 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Charon is available in 71 out of the 77 years between 1937 and 2013 (66 years for girls and 29 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 Charon has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2013, 0.0% of babies named Charon were girls. Interestingly, until around 2007, the name was more popular for girls (84.1% girls from 1937 to 2006), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (83.9% boys from 2007 to 2013).
For girls, Charon reached its peak popularity in 1973, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #716) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1973, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.
For boys, Charon reached its peak popularity in 1990, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #761) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1984, with 6 births per million (ranked 1.0% 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 "Charon".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Charon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Charon is pronounced as KEH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHEH-ruhn, at 32.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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