Unisex name · since 1938
Carron
Carron has 459 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1942 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 459
- born since 1938
- 1960s
- peak decade
Carron is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 459 have been recorded since 1938.
Carron has 459 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1990.
- #12,480 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 459 born since 1938
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Carron ranks #12,480 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 459 born since 1938, peaking in the 1960s.
- #12,480 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 459
- born since 1938
- 1960s
- peak decade
Carron's 459 recorded births place it above 82.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Carron's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Carron splits its recorded history at 1960: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1938 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1942 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Carron popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1990
- Peak year (1942)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Carron popularity over time - boys
98 total births recorded since 1977 (Carron as boys' name)
Carron by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (125 births, 27% of the file).
1960s was Carron's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Carron births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
112 births
- 1950s
1950s
119 births
- 1960s
1960s
125 births
- 1970s
1970s
54 births
- 1980s 39
1980s
39 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 125 births (27% of all-time use).
Carron by state
Where Carron concentrates geographically, total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 459 births nationwide.
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What to do with Carron's data
- Carron's decade-level peak was the 1960s (125 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Carrons (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Carron: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1942)
Similar record span (~52 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1938–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Carron draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.