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.

Charon*

#6,179 most common girls' name of all time · #10,436 across all names · 18% male / 82% female · used 1937–2013 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#6,179
Rank overall
#10,436 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
71 of 146
All-time
1,217
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1973 #2,530
Best rank
#2,244 1943
Girls Boys peak 38/yr
1940196019802000

Charon first appears in 1937. 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
2013 5 5
2011 7 7
2009 6 6
2008 5 5 #17,793
2007 9 9
2006 5 5
2003 6 6 #14,092
2001 6 6 #13,747
1999 10 5 15 #8,934
1998 6 10 16 #12,657
1997 7 7 #11,005
1996 14 5 19 #6,462
1995 7 7 #10,720
1994 11 7 18 #7,705
1993 11 11 #7,627
1992 11 6 17 #7,620
1991 24 24 #4,253
1990 13 13 26 #6,540
1989 11 6 17 #7,076
1988 13 11 24 #5,985
1987 13 8 21 #5,701
1986 15 15 #5,033
1985 16 6 22 #4,705
1984 20 12 32 #3,907
1983 23 7 30 #3,475
1982 21 5 26 #3,824
1981 23 9 32 #3,562
1980 27 9 36 #3,160
1979 21 7 28 #3,717
1978 23 6 29 #3,317
1977 22 10 32 #3,421
1976 22 7 29 #3,226
1975 20 8 28 #3,439
1974 17 7 24 #3,766
1973 29 9 38 #2,530
1972 17 17 #3,621
1971 23 5 28 #3,004
1970 26 6 32 #2,741
1969 27 27 #2,554
1968 25 25 #2,511
1967 19 19 #2,922
1966 23 23 #2,559
1965 15 15 #3,335
1964 15 15 #3,463
1963 16 16 #3,262
1962 12 12 #3,903
1961 13 13 #3,711
1960 17 17 #3,053
1959 13 13 #3,566
1958 13 13 #3,486
1957 14 14 #3,245
1956 13 13 #3,430
1955 11 11 #3,715
1954 13 13 #3,284
1953 9 9 #4,147
1952 15 15 #2,889
1951 13 13 #3,075
1950 11 11 #3,377
1949 9 9 #3,814
1948 18 18 #2,406
1947 19 19 #2,347
1946 13 13 #2,860
1945 12 12 #2,724
1944 15 15 #2,386
1943 17 17 #2,244
1942 10 10 #3,170
1941 8 8 #3,540
1940 10 10 #2,954
1939 12 12 #2,586
1938 9 9 #3,174
1937 9 9 #3,141