girls:
76 births since 1947
#5640 (1st percentile)
boys:
965 births since 1975
#3627 (21st percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1947
#6698 (13th percentile)
The name Keron is the #6,698 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,041 recorded births since 1947. This represents the 13.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,627 (20.9% percentile) for all time with 965 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,640 (1.3% percentile) for all time with 76 births since 1947.
Keron first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1947 (1947 for girls and 1975 for boys). Birth data for Keron is available in 61 out of the 77 years between 1947 and 2023 (49 years for boys and 13 years for girls). 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 Keron has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.7% of all recorded births being male. Interestingly, until around 1976, the name was more popular for girls (86.4% girls from 1947 to 1975), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (99.4% boys from 1976 to 2023).
For boys, Keron reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #731) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 21 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Keron ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 21.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Keron reached its peak popularity in 1953, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #693) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1976.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Keron".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Keron. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.6% confident that Keron is pronounced as KEH-rahn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEH-ruhn, at 30.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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