Karon
Origin
Modern American
Syllables
2
Peak era
1940s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
“American spelling blending Karen, Danish from Katherine, with Caron, a Welsh place name near Tregaron.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
1890speak 1940s2020s
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Karon peaked in the 1940s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
49 people · the #67,613 first name in Brazil · median age 27
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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