Given name
Keron
“a wooden post”
Keron is a variant of Keran. One Armenian interpretation is “a wooden post.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Keron is a variant of Keran. One Armenian interpretation is “a wooden post.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Keron is a variant of Keran. An origin associated with Keran is Armenian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Keron through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,046
- 970 boys · 76 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −56%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 43 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,293 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Keron
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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