Given name & surname · also German
Kron
“crown, garland”
Kron is a surname from German (ultimately Yiddish).
Original GermanCrohn
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kron goes back to a word, meaning “crown, garland.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Kron comes from German, and ultimately from Yiddish.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kron through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 185
- 185 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,987 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +64%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,987 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,952 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kron’s family of names
In German usage, Kron as a surname has a related form in CROHN. In English usage, Kron as a surname has a related form in CRON. In English usage, Kron as a surname has a related form in KROON.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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