How rare is the name Caron?

4,026 people in the United States have the first name Caron, about 1 in 75,020. It ranks #4,570 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CARON

#4,570

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,026
About
1 in 75,020
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,026 people named Caron, 66.4% reported their origin as White, 25.4% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. 80.1% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Caron peaked in 1956, when 171 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19352025
Peak year
1956
Births that year
171
In 2025*
5 ▼97%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 4,212 babies have been given the name since 1935. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Caron by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,663. The largest share of babies named Caron, 40.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1930s#7,25238
1940s#2,188443
1950s#1,6631,019
1960s#2,009817
1970s#2,652595
1980s#4,871297
1990s#8,365190
2000s#5,367501
2010s#9,121248
2020s#15,51764
Silent Generation 1928–456.8%
Baby boom 1946–6440.8%
Generation X 1965–8023.1%
Millennials 1981–968.8%
Generation Z 1997–1215.9%
2013 and later4.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Caron is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Caron has been most common in Maryland (2.9×), Massachusetts (2.5×), and California (2.1×), and least common in Ohio (0.72×).

1,340 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Caron

1 other first name also has 4,026 people.

#4,570 Viet · 4,026

Either side of Caron

#4,568 Isaak · 4,028#4,569 Ash · 4,027#4,570 Viet · 4,026#4,572 Aretha · 4,025

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Caron, most common first.

#2,298 Caryn · 11,223#2,579 Caren · 9,317#4,123 Carin · 4,666#17,437 Carron · 633#35,436 Caran · 227#37,508 Caroyn · 208#53,366 Carion · 100

Also a last name

As a last name, Caron ranks #2,954 of 156,621, with 11,919 people. See Caron as a last name

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