Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Caron**

#2,757 most common girls' name of all time · #4,712 across all names · 25% boys / 75% girls · used 1935–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#2,757
Rank overall
#4,712 of 105,966
First appeared
1935
Years on the list
90 of 146
All-time
4,212
Since 2016
134
Peak year
1956 #745
Best rank
#745 1956
Girls Boys peak 171/yr
19401960198020002020

Caron first appears in 1935. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 —
2024 — 10 10 —
2023 — 10 10 —
2022 — 10 10 —
2021 — 13 13 —
2020 — 16 16 —
2019 — 19 19 —
2018 — 19 19 —
2017 — 13 13 —
2016 — 19 19 —
2015 — 11 11 —
2014 — 26 26 —
2013 — 26 26 —
2012 — 33 33 —
2011 — 37 37 —
2010 — 45 45 —
2009 — 43 43 —
2008 — 71 71 —
2007 — 70 70 —
2006 — 47 47 —
2005 — 66 66 —
2004 7 62 69 #12,936
2003 — 44 44 —
2002 8 39 47 #11,242
2001 9 23 32 #10,255
2000 — 12 12 —
1999 — 12 12 —
1998 6 20 26 #12,653
1997 — 16 16 —
1996 9 12 21 #8,954
1995 — 10 10 —
1994 11 9 20 #7,701
1993 10 14 24 #8,183
1992 — 11 11 —
1991 16 8 24 #5,741
1990 17 9 26 #5,362
1989 14 14 28 #5,930
1988 7 11 18 #9,446
1987 12 11 23 #6,025
1986 16 — 16 #4,785
1985 11 — 11 #6,140
1984 19 7 26 #4,062
1983 20 7 27 #3,864
1982 29 11 40 #3,047
1981 31 13 44 #2,873
1980 55 9 64 #1,948
1979 69 9 78 #1,628
1978 91 8 99 #1,322
1977 115 7 122 #1,112
1976 25 — 25 #2,964
1975 38 — 38 #2,216
1974 39 6 45 #2,114
1973 37 — 37 #2,148
1972 29 — 29 #2,484
1971 66 — 66 #1,524
1970 56 — 56 #1,668
1969 42 — 42 #1,944
1968 47 — 47 #1,718
1967 62 — 62 #1,406
1966 79 — 79 #1,212
1965 84 — 84 #1,174
1964 84 — 84 #1,209
1963 86 — 86 #1,182
1962 107 — 107 #1,048
1961 109 — 109 #1,055
1960 117 — 117 #998
1959 110 — 110 #1,012
1958 118 — 118 #954
1957 138 — 138 #867
1956 171 — 171 #745
1955 123 — 123 #877
1954 113 5 118 #909
1953 86 — 86 #1,049
1952 83 — 83 #1,036
1951 39 — 39 #1,524
1950 33 — 33 #1,649
1949 48 — 48 #1,331
1948 53 — 53 #1,264
1947 45 — 45 #1,393
1946 49 — 49 #1,237
1945 41 — 41 #1,260
1944 37 — 37 #1,337
1943 64 — 64 #995
1942 38 — 38 #1,322
1941 38 — 38 #1,242
1940 30 — 30 #1,403
1939 15 — 15 #2,204
1938 13 — 13 #2,444
1937 5 — 5 #4,835
1935 — 5 5 —