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How popular is “Caron” in the USA?

Number of people named “Caron” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Caron” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Caron” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Caron” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Caron” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Caron” by birth year

This chart shows how “Caron” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1935 5 0.000002392 5 -100%
1937 5 0.000002347 5 100%
1938 13 0.000005876 13 100%
1939 15 0.000006808 15 100%
1940 30 0.000013028 30 100%
1941 38 0.000015597 38 100%
1942 38 0.00001391 38 100%
1943 64 0.000022674 64 100%
1944 37 0.000013754 37 100%
1945 41 0.000015455 41 100%
1946 49 0.000015335 49 100%
1947 45 0.000012492 45 100%
1948 53 0.000015351 53 100%
1949 48 0.000013774 48 100%
1950 33 0.00000942 33 100%
1951 39 0.000010587 39 100%
1952 83 0.000021854 83 100%
1953 86 0.000022317 86 100%
1954 118 0.000029643 113 5 92%
1955 123 0.000030635 123 100%
1956 171 0.000041474 171 100%
1957 138 0.00003284 138 100%
1958 118 0.000028544 118 100%
1959 110 0.000026455 110 100%
1960 117 0.000028167 117 100%
1961 109 0.000026314 109 100%
1962 107 0.000026516 107 100%
1963 86 0.000021727 86 100%
1964 84 0.000021607 84 100%
1965 84 0.00002317 84 100%
1966 79 0.00002273 79 100%
1967 62 0.000018263 62 100%
1968 47 0.000013912 47 100%
1969 42 0.000012085 42 100%
1970 56 0.000015527 56 100%
1971 66 0.000019229 66 100%
1972 29 0.000009227 29 100%
1973 37 0.000012264 37 100%
1974 45 0.000014803 39 6 73%
1975 38 0.000012585 38 100%
1976 25 0.000008239 25 100%
1977 122 0.000038407 115 7 89%
1978 99 0.000031192 91 8 84%
1979 78 0.000023445 69 9 77%
1980 64 0.00001858 55 9 72%
1981 44 0.000012719 31 13 41%
1982 40 0.000011403 29 11 45%
1983 27 0.000007796 20 7 48%
1984 26 0.000007453 19 7 46%
1985 11 0.000003082 11 100%
1986 16 0.000004498 16 100%
1987 23 0.000006379 12 11 4%
1988 18 0.000004871 7 11 -22%
1989 28 0.000007283 14 14 0%
1990 26 0.000006578 17 9 31%
1991 24 0.000006161 16 8 33%
1992 11 0.000002864 11 -100%
1993 24 0.000006366 10 14 -17%
1994 20 0.00000538 11 9 10%
1995 10 0.000002731 10 -100%
1996 21 0.000005758 9 12 -14%
1997 16 0.000004413 16 -100%
1998 26 0.000007069 6 20 -54%
1999 12 0.000003249 12 -100%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 -100%
2001 32 0.000008548 9 23 -44%
2002 47 0.000012573 8 39 -66%
2003 44 0.000011572 44 -100%
2004 69 0.000018058 7 62 -80%
2005 66 0.000017166 66 -100%
2006 47 0.00001188 47 -100%
2007 70 0.00001751 70 -100%
2008 71 0.000018063 71 -100%
2009 43 0.000011256 43 -100%
2010 45 0.000012176 45 -100%
2011 37 0.000010115 37 -100%
2012 33 0.000009023 33 -100%
2013 26 0.000007132 26 -100%
2014 26 0.000007015 26 -100%
2015 11 0.000002972 11 -100%
2016 19 0.000005179 19 -100%
2017 13 0.000003635 13 -100%
2018 19 0.000005404 19 -100%
2019 19 0.000005474 19 -100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 -100%
2021 13 0.000003837 13 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 10 0.00000302 10 -100%
2024 10 0.000003004 10 -100%

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