Meaning not yet researched.
Carson: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,883 in 2025. Its best rank was #70 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #70 in 2018; #124 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Carson in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#124 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #70.
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Carson: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,883 boys in 2025. Peak: #70 in 2018 · most boys in one year: 5,259 (2018).
In 2025, 2,883 US boys were named Carson, making it the 124th most common boys’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 18 fewer than the 2,901 boys named Carson in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #70, reached in 2018. That year also had the most boys given the name: 5,259. For comparison, it was #89 in 2015 and #626 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Carson in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 9 babies. In all, 140,887 US babies have been given the name, 5.8% of them girls and 94% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 49,802 babies named Carson.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 39,853 US boys were named Carson; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 5,259. In 2025 that was about 1 in 592 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Carson ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #36 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 18 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Karson (23,500 babies since 1880), Karsyn (12,267 babies since 1880), Carsyn (6,386 babies since 1880) and Karsen (5,227 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Karsin, Carrson and Carsin are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Karsin (318), Carrson (182), Carsin (126), Carsynn (125), Karrson (49), Karsan (21), Carsan (11), Karsyon (7), Karsun (6), Carcyn (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Carson in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 36 | #36 | #30 |
| Kentucky | 82 | #50 | #40 |
| New Hampshire | 25 | #54 | #77 |
| Pennsylvania | 184 | #61 | #81 |
| Ohio | 153 | #74 | #51 |
| Mississippi | 33 | #79 | #38 |
| Michigan | 115 | #79 | #60 |
| Alabama | 62 | #79 | #41 |
| Arkansas | 38 | #81 | #47 |
| Vermont | 6 | #84 | #32 |
| Tennessee | 98 | #86 | #57 |
| Missouri | 71 | #89 | #54 |
| Minnesota | 69 | #90 | #84 |
| North Carolina | 130 | #93 | #61 |
| Oklahoma | 45 | #97 | #64 |
| Alaska | 8 | #98 | #95 |
| Nevada | 31 | #98 | #146 |
| Wisconsin | 61 | #99 | #63 |
| Connecticut | 36 | #101 | #116 |
| Indiana | 75 | #102 | #57 |
| Delaware | 10 | #103 | #71 |
| Georgia | 110 | #106 | #62 |
| Louisiana | 47 | #108 | #39 |
| South Dakota | 12 | #109 | #54 |
| Nebraska | 22 | #117 | #85 |
| Maine | 11 | #119 | #65 |
| Virginia | 70 | #122 | #95 |
| North Dakota | 10 | #125 | #65 |
| Florida | 172 | #126 | #114 |
| Oregon | 31 | #133 | #64 |
| New Mexico | 14 | #135 | #168 |
| Kansas | 27 | #140 | #70 |
| Utah | 37 | #142 | #77 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #144 | #158 |
| Iowa | 29 | #145 | #40 |
| South Carolina | 39 | #146 | #54 |
| Maryland | 41 | #146 | #114 |
| Massachusetts | 49 | #147 | #209 |
| Arizona | 60 | #147 | #118 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #152 | #139 |
| Washington | 54 | #154 | #103 |
| New York | 117 | #163 | #152 |
| Illinois | 70 | #169 | #121 |
| New Jersey | 53 | #188 | #253 |
| Texas | 200 | #190 | #109 |
| Idaho | 13 | #200 | #50 |
| Colorado | 32 | #204 | #100 |
| California | 168 | #222 | #159 |
| Montana | 5 | #238 | #84 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | #1,174 | 2,883 | #124 |
| 2024 | 173 | #1,328 | 2,901 | #124 |
| 2023 | 188 | #1,239 | 3,210 | #112 |
| 2022 | 170 | #1,368 | 3,408 | #110 |
| 2021 | 172 | #1,312 | 3,777 | #97 |
| 2020 | 202 | #1,159 | 4,196 | #84 |
| 2019 | 166 | #1,360 | 4,522 | #82 |
| 2018 | 207 | #1,163 | 5,259 | #70 |
| 2017 | 193 | #1,237 | 4,766 | #83 |
| 2016 | 186 | #1,291 | 4,931 | #81 |
| 2015 | 178 | #1,330 | 4,761 | #89 |
| 2014 | 173 | #1,352 | 4,625 | #91 |
| 2013 | 152 | #1,468 | 4,540 | #90 |
| 2012 | 153 | #1,478 | 4,597 | #87 |
| 2011 | 179 | #1,316 | 4,927 | #85 |
| 2010 | 189 | #1,264 | 5,098 | #82 |
| 2009 | 188 | #1,288 | 4,997 | #88 |
| 2008 | 202 | #1,243 | 5,127 | #89 |
| 2007 | 200 | #1,241 | 5,120 | #91 |
| 2006 | 212 | #1,152 | 5,012 | #87 |
| 2005 | 214 | #1,105 | 4,354 | #101 |
| 2004 | 236 | #997 | 4,379 | #101 |
| 2003 | 280 | #862 | 4,861 | #89 |
| 2002 | 293 | #800 | 3,600 | #105 |
| 2001 | 352 | #705 | 3,943 | #95 |
| 2000 | 377 | #655 | 3,239 | #119 |
| 1999 | 447 | #561 | 2,347 | #156 |
| 1998 | 299 | #730 | 1,471 | #218 |
| 1997 | 251 | #825 | 1,047 | #268 |
| 1996 | 251 | #811 | 1,010 | #275 |
| 1995 | 204 | #925 | 893 | #297 |
| 1994 | 204 | #926 | 833 | #314 |
| 1993 | 189 | #981 | 699 | #346 |
| 1992 | 202 | #952 | 662 | #358 |
| 1991 | 129 | #1,291 | 537 | #421 |
| 1990 | 68 | #1,991 | 471 | #456 |
| 1989 | 36 | #2,996 | 377 | #490 |
| 1988 | 30 | #3,238 | 283 | #547 |
| 1987 | 23 | #3,765 | 250 | #574 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,289 | 252 | #561 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,527 | 256 | #548 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,183 | 221 | #571 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,709 | 185 | #627 |
| 1982 | 18 | #4,191 | 189 | #633 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,265 | 164 | #675 |
| 1980 | 19 | #4,016 | 156 | #697 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,445 | 154 | #689 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,970 | 137 | #717 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,689 | 135 | #737 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,255 | 140 | #701 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,413 | 123 | #750 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,814 | 103 | #786 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,917 | 101 | #790 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,021 | 103 | #788 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,075 | 84 | #887 |
| 1970 | — | — | 104 | #798 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,753 | 80 | #856 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,135 | 87 | #796 |
| 1967 | — | — | 71 | #849 |
| 1966 | — | — | 79 | #821 |
| 1965 | — | — | 89 | #786 |
| 1964 | — | — | 85 | #816 |
| 1963 | — | — | 87 | #813 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,919 | 85 | #824 |
| 1961 | — | — | 106 | #750 |
| 1960 | — | — | 90 | #805 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,634 | 98 | #773 |
| 1958 | — | — | 99 | #740 |
| 1957 | — | — | 108 | #720 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,075 | 113 | #694 |
| 1955 | — | — | 126 | #654 |
| 1954 | — | — | 136 | #632 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,291 | 141 | #611 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,544 | 121 | #638 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,750 | 150 | #559 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,372 | 120 | #626 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,335 | 133 | #587 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,740 | 117 | #626 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,278 | 135 | #584 |
| 1946 | — | — | 131 | #557 |
| 1945 | — | — | 98 | #611 |
| 1944 | — | — | 69 | #746 |
| 1943 | — | — | 122 | #572 |
| 1942 | — | — | 115 | #580 |
| 1941 | — | — | 97 | #609 |
| 1940 | — | — | 106 | #577 |
| 1939 | — | — | 117 | #531 |
| 1938 | — | — | 87 | #642 |
| 1937 | — | — | 99 | #579 |
| 1936 | — | — | 89 | #618 |
| 1935 | — | — | 84 | #648 |
| 1934 | — | — | 84 | #658 |
| 1933 | — | — | 71 | #722 |
| 1932 | — | — | 111 | #560 |
| 1931 | — | — | 86 | #638 |
| 1930 | — | — | 105 | #584 |
| 1929 | — | — | 72 | #744 |
| 1928 | — | — | 101 | #608 |
| 1927 | — | — | 105 | #609 |
| 1926 | — | — | 113 | #586 |
| 1925 | — | — | 103 | #617 |
| 1924 | — | — | 132 | #549 |
| 1923 | — | — | 108 | #611 |
| 1922 | — | — | 120 | #586 |
| 1921 | — | — | 97 | #656 |
| 1920 | — | — | 99 | #632 |
| 1919 | — | — | 103 | #594 |
| 1918 | — | — | 103 | #605 |
| 1917 | — | — | 90 | #624 |
| 1916 | — | — | 113 | #540 |
| 1915 | — | — | 95 | #583 |
| 1914 | — | — | 96 | #500 |
| 1913 | — | — | 47 | #652 |
| 1912 | — | — | 45 | #611 |
| 1911 | — | — | 37 | #482 |
| 1910 | — | — | 24 | #582 |
| 1909 | — | — | 22 | #558 |
| 1908 | — | — | 12 | #787 |
| 1907 | — | — | 15 | #674 |
| 1906 | — | — | 13 | #681 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #705 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #769 |
| 1903 | — | — | 14 | #601 |
| 1902 | — | — | 17 | #525 |
| 1901 | — | — | 11 | #642 |
| 1900 | — | — | 16 | #628 |
| 1899 | — | — | 10 | #669 |
| 1898 | — | — | 16 | #525 |
| 1897 | — | — | 5 | #1,088 |
| 1896 | — | — | 8 | #837 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #699 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #600 |
| 1893 | — | — | 5 | #1,064 |
| 1892 | — | — | 12 | #608 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #780 |
| 1890 | — | — | 8 | #756 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #810 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #712 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #463 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #709 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #654 |
| 1884 | — | — | 13 | #525 |
| 1882 | — | — | 14 | #495 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #802 |
| 1880 | — | — | 9 | #644 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).