Recorded 1979–2018 Boys' name Peak 1990 164 births

Kawon — boys' name

164 babies named Kawon in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s81980s231990s582000s582010s17
1990s
Peak decade

35% of everyone ever named Kawon was born in this single decade.

1990
Single peak year

11 babies were named Kawon in 1990 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kawon

The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Kawon between 1979 and 2018, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kawon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kawon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kawon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kawon 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 164 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.

Kawon at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

164

Since 1979

40 years of records

Peak year

1990

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1979

Recorded for 40 years

Last year on file: 2018

Kawon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1979

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (1990)
11
Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
4681012 201820082004200119971994198919821979 8

Kawon by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
58 births that decade — 35% of Kawon's all-time total
1970s81980s231990s582000s582010s17

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kawon?
164 babies have been named Kawon since 1979. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 1990 with 11 births.
When was Kawon most popular?
Kawon was most popular in the 1990s decade with 58 total births. The single peak year was 1990.
How long has the name Kawon been used?
Kawon has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 40 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Kawon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kawika, Kawan, Kawhi, Kawai, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1979–2018 (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.