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Caron

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Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Caron has been given to 4,212 babies in the U.S. since 1937. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1956, with 171 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 75% girls, 25% boys all-time.

Babies named Caron, 2004

1 in 546,000

Caron over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Caron over time

In 2025, Caron went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19352025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Caron: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Caron means

Caron is a given name.

The naming story behind Caron

Wikidata records Caron as a unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q99542590, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,179 girls were recorded with the name Caron between 1937 and 2004. Its highest annual count was 171 in 1956; its best national rank was #741 in 1956.

In the United States, 1,033 boys were recorded with the name Caron between 1935 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 71 in 2008; its best national rank was #1,920 in 2005.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,492 in 2020 to #12,357 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,142 in 2015 to #12,357 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Caron?

Caron had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2004, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2004
1 in 546,000
7 of 3,820,181 births
Among girls only
1 in 262,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2004
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
378,279 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Caron sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2004 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 378,279 children born in 2004 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Caron. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Carons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Caron was born before 1960 — so the typical Caron is around 65 today.

Median birth year
1960
About 65 years old
Biggest decade
1950s
31.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
9.7%
Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950
2,703
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1950s — 31.9% of all recorded uses (1,014).

Is Caron rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
—
Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1956 (171)
Years since peak
69
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
28.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#741
1956

Spellings of Caron

Caron is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 23.7% against Caron's 0.08%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Caron is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Caron was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 92,548 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Massachusetts1 in 50,000
  3. 3New York1 in 50,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 50,000
  5. 5Alabama1 in 100,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 100,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 100,000
  8. 8Illinois1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Caron has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Caron is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Caron was most concentrated in Maryland — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 519,413 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maryland1 in 50,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Louisiana1 in —
  7. 7Michigan1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Caron has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Caron around the world

Where Caron ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–1996
    #3,795
    in 1996
  • Scotland
    1974–1995
    #639
    in 1995
  • Ireland
    1964–1990
    #517
    in 1990
  • South Australia
    1953–1978
    #626
    in 1978

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Caron

People whose public names include Caron, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Caron in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Caron. Linked forms have their own page here.

CarenKaronCarronClaronCoronaClarion

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Caron by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#741
1956
Peak year
1956
171 that year
First recorded
1937
Last recorded
2004
All-time count
3,179
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#12,357
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 6,865
Best rank ever
#1,920
2005
Peak year
2008
71 that year
First recorded
1935
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,033
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Caron

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CarronCarmaCarysCarisCarliCarlynCarsynCarlinCarahCarriCarmelAaronCarieCarinCarsonCarolaCarlotaCarsenCarmynCarterCarylCarlCarisaCarmin

Names with a curve like Caron

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Caron, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

BeckieMartyDreamaNildaKathleneDonitaTrudiDorindaDarnellMickiTonieCherrie

Sibling names for Caron

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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