Saron — unisex name
771 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.
49% of everyone ever named Saron was born in this single decade.
59 babies were named Saron in 2011 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Saron
The Social Security Administration has registered 771 babies named Saron between 1974 and 2022, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Saron currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 59 babies received it in a single year. Saron is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 151 additional births since 1984.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Saron performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 381 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Saron shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Maryland and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Saron in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Saron 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 771 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.
Saron at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Saron popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1974
- Peak year (2011)
- 59
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
771 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2011 with 59 births in a single year.
Saron popularity over time — boys
151 total births recorded since 1984 (Saron as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Saron accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Saron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 381 births that decade — 49% of Saron's all-time total
Saron decade highlights
- Peak decade 381 births
- Runner-up 249 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Saron's strongest decade
381 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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 | 4.2% |
| #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 771 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Virginia 4.3% of nationwide
- Maryland 4.2% of nationwide
- California 3.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.6% of nationwide
- Washington 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 10 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Virginia accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Saron appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1974–2022 (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.