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.

Karon**

#1,700 most common girls' name of all time · #2,920 across all names · 34% boys / 66% girls · used 1933–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#1,700
Rank overall
#2,920 of 105,966
First appeared
1933
Years on the list
92 of 146
All-time
9,406
Since 2016
426
Peak year
1948 #504
Best rank
#504 1948
Girls Boys peak 275/yr
19401960198020002020

Karon first appears in 1933. 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 — 21 21 —
2024 — 32 32 —
2023 — 29 29 —
2022 — 38 38 —
2021 — 33 33 —
2020 — 41 41 —
2019 — 55 55 —
2018 — 48 48 —
2017 — 63 63 —
2016 — 66 66 —
2015 — 59 59 —
2014 — 54 54 —
2013 — 78 78 —
2012 — 68 68 —
2011 — 77 77 —
2010 — 111 111 —
2009 — 114 114 —
2008 5 114 119 #17,785
2007 — 111 111 —
2006 6 116 122 #15,342
2005 9 118 127 #11,055
2004 7 87 94 #12,930
2003 — 90 90 —
2002 6 73 79 #13,804
2001 6 81 87 #13,740
2000 6 90 96 #13,392
1999 12 97 109 #7,812
1998 5 73 78 #14,421
1997 10 84 94 #8,454
1996 6 99 105 #12,028
1995 7 69 76 #10,709
1994 6 86 92 #12,000
1993 17 71 88 #5,479
1992 19 71 90 #5,106
1991 15 58 73 #6,015
1990 14 56 70 #6,209
1989 20 42 62 #4,557
1988 17 31 48 #4,891
1987 19 36 55 #4,352
1986 24 27 51 #3,585
1985 17 22 39 #4,517
1984 19 24 43 #4,061
1983 24 30 54 #3,366
1982 22 41 63 #3,692
1981 14 25 39 #5,046
1980 18 25 43 #4,201
1979 32 34 66 #2,754
1978 24 28 52 #3,226
1977 46 29 75 #2,081
1976 36 20 56 #2,318
1975 52 18 70 #1,793
1974 34 9 43 #2,320
1973 47 11 58 #1,821
1972 34 14 48 #2,253
1971 57 — 57 #1,630
1970 75 6 81 #1,402
1969 73 — 73 #1,332
1968 93 — 93 #1,113
1967 77 — 77 #1,213
1966 102 — 102 #1,029
1965 130 6 136 #877
1964 153 — 153 #843
1963 160 — 160 #825
1962 160 — 160 #831
1961 188 7 195 #759
1960 184 — 184 #754
1959 164 10 174 #798
1958 206 6 212 #689
1957 218 9 227 #666
1956 244 — 244 #612
1955 207 7 214 #651
1954 202 8 210 #650
1953 172 6 178 #695
1952 208 — 208 #602
1951 188 — 188 #637
1950 221 — 221 #559
1949 203 — 203 #583
1948 264 11 275 #504
1947 236 6 242 #554
1946 240 — 240 #509
1945 180 — 180 #546
1944 187 — 187 #532
1943 203 — 203 #530
1942 187 — 187 #543
1941 128 6 134 #627
1940 105 8 113 #682
1939 69 — 69 #847
1938 24 — 24 #1,595
1937 22 — 22 #1,677
1936 12 — 12 #2,516
1935 6 5 11 #4,165
1933 5 — 5 #4,827