Charon

Boy · recorded 1970–2013

  • 2013last recorded
  • 1984best year

Most popular in 1984.

Last recorded in 2013. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Charon.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1970

04719701981199220022013

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 29 recorded years as a table
Charon, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19703
19713
19736
19744
19755
19764
19776
19784
19794
19805
19815
19823
19834
19847
19853
19874
19886
19893
19906
19923
19944
19963
19985
19993
20062
20074
20093
20114
20133

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Charon isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2013
5
Rank in 2013
#12,136
How rare
1 in 378,316 boys
Since 1970
216

Charon was last recorded in 2013. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1984, at 7 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Charon doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.