Caron
Girl · KAR-on · Welsh
Caron is a girls' name of Welsh origin, meaning “love”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Caron mean?
Welsh: from Welsh caru 'to love'
“love”
Tregaron in Ceredigion takes its name from St Caron, an early Welsh saint.
- Say it
- KAR-on
Is Caron a girl's or a boy's name?
Caron is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Caron in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 girls.
Caron in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 2 | #5,287 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 2 | #5,117 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Caron in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Caron, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 71 boys. It first appears in the records in 1935.
2025 had fewer boys named Caron than any year since 1986.
Half of all the boys named Caron in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1954, 96% of the babies named Caron in the US were girls. By 2004 it was 10%, with more boys than girls since 2001.
Caron in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 33 | #3,294 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,681 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 71 | #1,980 |
| 2007 | 70 | #1,995 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 66 | #1,918 |
| 2004 | 62 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 44 | #2,388 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 14 | #3,803 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 9 | #4,133 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
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