Charon is a rare name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Charon is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2013. Charon first appears in 1937 and peaked in 1973 (29 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,796 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,238 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #18,106 | — |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,296 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | — | #12,354 |
| 2003 | 6 | 6 | #14,220 | — |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | #13,871 | — |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #8,919 | #10,157 |
| 1998 | 16 | 16 | #12,768 | #5,901 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #11,078 | — |
| 1996 | 19 | — | #6,463 | #9,224 |
| 1995 | 7 | — | #10,726 | — |
| 1994 | 18 | — | #7,705 | #7,072 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | #7,593 | — |
| 1992 | 17 | — | #7,615 | #7,566 |
| 1991 | 24 | — | #4,228 | — |
| 1990 | 26 | — | #6,536 | #4,203 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | #7,051 | #7,094 |
| 1988 | 24 | — | #5,962 | #4,202 |
| 1987 | 21 | — | #5,656 | #5,045 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #5,008 | — |
| 1985 | 22 | — | #4,661 | #5,907 |
| 1984 | 32 | — | #3,889 | #3,494 |
| 1983 | 30 | — | #3,449 | #5,009 |
| 1982 | 26 | — | #3,799 | #6,525 |
| 1981 | 32 | — | #3,544 | #4,203 |
| 1980 | 36 | — | #3,140 | #4,190 |
| 1979 | 28 | — | #3,684 | #4,920 |
| 1978 | 29 | — | #3,300 | #5,160 |
| 1977 | 32 | — | #3,391 | #3,641 |
| 1976 | 29 | — | #3,202 | #4,516 |
| 1975 | 28 | — | #3,417 | #4,007 |
| 1974 | 24 | — | #3,718 | #4,251 |
| 1973 | 38 | — | #2,515 | #3,485 |
| 1972 | 17 | — | #3,569 | — |
| 1971 | 28 | — | #2,971 | #5,019 |
| 1970 | 32 | — | #2,719 | #4,316 |
| 1969 | 27 | — | #2,531 | — |
| 1968 | 25 | — | #2,494 | — |
| 1967 | 19 | — | #2,882 | — |
| 1966 | 23 | — | #2,526 | — |
| 1965 | 15 | — | #3,281 | — |
| 1964 | 15 | — | #3,394 | — |
| 1963 | 16 | — | #3,194 | — |
| 1962 | 12 | — | #3,812 | — |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #3,625 | — |
| 1960 | 17 | — | #3,001 | — |
| 1959 | 13 | — | #3,460 | — |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #3,399 | — |
| 1957 | 14 | — | #3,169 | — |
| 1956 | 13 | — | #3,361 | — |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #3,607 | — |
| 1954 | 13 | — | #3,185 | — |
| 1953 | 9 | — | #3,992 | — |
| 1952 | 15 | — | #2,832 | — |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #2,958 | — |
| 1950 | 11 | — | #3,253 | — |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #3,666 | — |
| 1948 | 18 | — | #2,339 | — |
| 1947 | 19 | — | #2,291 | — |
| 1946 | 13 | — | #2,762 | — |
| 1945 | 12 | — | #2,623 | — |
| 1944 | 15 | — | #2,305 | — |
| 1943 | 17 | — | #2,165 | — |
| 1942 | 10 | — | #3,015 | — |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #3,293 | — |
| 1940 | 10 | — | #2,763 | — |
| 1939 | 12 | — | #2,440 | — |
| 1938 | 9 | — | #2,970 | — |
| 1937 | 9 | — | #2,972 | — |