Karron — unisex name
376 babies named Karron in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1945. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Karron was born in this single decade.
19 babies were named Karron in 1945 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karron
The Social Security Administration has registered 376 babies named Karron between 1938 and 1987, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karron currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1945, when 19 babies received it in a single year. Karron is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 175 additional births since 1973.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karron performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Karron shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karron in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 376 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Karron at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Karron popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1938
- Peak year (1945)
- 19
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
376 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1945 with 19 births in a single year.
Karron popularity over time — boys
175 total births recorded since 1973 (Karron as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Karron accounts for 32% of total recorded use across both genders.
Karron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 131 births that decade — 35% of Karron's all-time total
Karron decade highlights
- Peak decade 131 births
- Runner-up 113 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Karron's strongest decade
131 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1938–1987 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.