Charlon

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Charlon has been given to 20 babies in the U.S. since 1960. 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 1960, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Charlon, 1975

1 in 604,000

Charlon over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Charlon: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Charlon means

Charlon is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Charlon is used in Old French.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Old French, Charlon is pronounced /tʃarˈlon/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 20 girls were recorded with the name Charlon between 1960 and 1975. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1960; its best national rank was #6,500 in 1960.

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.

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How common is Charlon?

Charlon had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1975, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1975: 1 in 604,000; 5 of 3,019,126 births
Among girls only: 1 in 292,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1975: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 418,541 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Charlon 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 1975 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 418,541 children born in 1975 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Charlon. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Charlons were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Charlon was born before 1969 — so the typical Charlon is around 56 today.

Median birth year: 1969; About 56 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 50.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 20; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 50.0% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Charlon 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: —; 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: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1960 (5)
Years since peak: 65; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,500; 1960

Spellings of Charlon

Charlon is not the most common spelling — Sharon is, with 69.0% against Charlon's <0.01%.

Sharon69.0%723,024
Charlene12.8%133,729
Charlie3.9%40,359
Charlee1.8%19,268
Sharron1.6%16,856
Harlow1.3%13,986
Charles1.2%12,476
Charli1.1%11,692

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.

Charlon 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: #6,500; 1960
Peak year: 1960; 5 that year
First recorded: 1960
Last recorded: 1975
All-time count: 20
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Charlon

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

Chalon Charmi Chappell Chavah Chaviva Chaarvi Chardon Charmae Chasidi Chawana Chatoya Chailey Charsie Charlis Chardee Chantol Charece Chaketa Chaniel Chaveli Chakiya Charnea Chakera Chaisty

Sibling names for Charlon

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

For a sister

Jannette Joellen Venita Gaye Teressa Maryjo Renita Jeanetta

For a brother

Lindsay Rod Dino Bernie Barton Mitch Randell Russ

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