Unisex name · since 1974
Saron
776 babies named Saron in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,343 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 776
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saron currently ranks #15343 among unisex names in America, with 776 babies recorded since 1974.
Saron has 776 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15343 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2025.
- #8,933 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,343 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 776 born since 1974
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Saron ranks #8,933 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,343 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 776 born since 1974, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,933 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,343 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 776
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Saron's 776 recorded births place it above 87.64% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Virginia.
How Saron compares
776 Top 37% higher than 63% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Saron's all-time total is 106% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Saron | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 776 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 59 | 21 | 19,840 |
Saron's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Saron's full recorded timeline at 2005, 75% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 25% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 59 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Saron popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 59
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Saron popularity over time - boys
156 total births recorded since 1984 (Saron as boys' name)
Saron by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (381 births, 49% of the file).
2010s was Saron's strongest decade.
381 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Saron births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 78
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
249 births
- 2010s
2010s
381 births
- 2020s 36
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 381 births (49% of all-time use).
How Saron compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Saron's total volume
Saron by state
Where Saron concentrates geographically, total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Virginia | | 33 | 4.3% |
| #2 | Maryland | | 32 | 4.1% |
| #3 | California | | 27 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 20 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Washington | | 16 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Texas | | 15 | 1.9% |
| #7 | District of Columbia | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 9 | 1.2% |
33 of 776 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Saron appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Saron's data
- Saron's decade-level peak was the 2010s (381 total births); usage has since declined to 36 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Virginia records the most Sarons (33 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Virginia 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 Saron: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1974–2025 (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 Saron 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.