girls:
6.2k births since 1933
#2106 (63rd percentile)
boys:
3.1k births since 1935
#2233 (51st percentile)
overall:
9.4k births since 1933
#2784 (64th percentile)
The name Karon is the #2,784 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,351 recorded births since 1933. This represents the 64.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 64.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,106 (63.2% percentile) for all time with 6,208 births since 1933. For boys, it ranks #2,233 (51.3% percentile) for all time with 3,143 births since 1935.
Karon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1933 (1933 for girls and 1935 for boys). Birth data for Karon is available in 90 out of the 91 years between 1933 and 2023 (73 years for girls and 66 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 Karon has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Karon were girls. Interestingly, until around 1981, the name was more popular for girls (95.3% girls from 1933 to 1980), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (89.6% boys from 1981 to 2023).
For girls, Karon reached its peak popularity in 1948, achieving the 34.3% percentile (ranked #451) with 151 births per million. The name was most common in 1948, with 151 births per million (ranked 34.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2008.
For boys, Karon reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 13.0% percentile (ranked #760) with 55 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 55 births per million (ranked 13.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Karon ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 26.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Karon".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Karon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.4% confident that Karon is pronounced as KEH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-ruhn, at 20.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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