Charon
Mostly girls · SHAIR-on · Hebrew
Charon is a name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Charon come from?
Hebrew: probably a respelling of Sharon; unrelated to the Greek ferryman Charon
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Is Charon a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Charon has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Charon in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1973, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1937.
Half of all the girls named Charon in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1982, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1984, 63% of the babies named Charon in the US were girls.
Charon in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 11 | #7,598 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,134 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,365 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 29 | #2,506 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 27 | #2,515 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 |
| 1965 | 15 | #3,263 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 13 | #3,378 |
| 1957 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 17 | #2,150 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
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