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How popular is the name Karson?

Births per year, rank history and how many Karsons are alive today.

Karson (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Carson in England and Wales, ranked 1007th in 2025 and given to 30 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 61 babies were given the name, the 610th most popular that year. It has declined since 2021; the 2025 figure is roughly 49% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.

Across all spellings of the name, the Carson you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Carsons born in England and Wales are between 5 and 13, and there are at least 2,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Carson - on average, only one in every 109 such rooms contains a Carson.

How many babies are named Karson each year?

Includes all spellings: Karson, Carsen, Carson. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0100200200020201996: 41997: 41998: 71999: 42000: 112001: 92002: 132003: 62004: 252005: 292006: 422007: 552008: 652009: 712010: 832011: 1042012: 1372013: 1012014: 1442015: 1502016: 1652017: 1822018: 1782019: 1782020: 1952021: 2182022: 1922023: 1922024: 1712025: 134actual

Where does the Karson spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202004: ranked 2,3042005: ranked 3,2082006: ranked 2,2822007: ranked 2,2112008: ranked 1,5112009: ranked 1,7492010: ranked 1,7242011: ranked 1,3982012: ranked 1,3672013: ranked 1,6172014: ranked 1,0612015: ranked 9962016: ranked 9142017: ranked 7942018: ranked 7862019: ranked 6862020: ranked 7062021: ranked 6102022: ranked 8782023: ranked 6512024: ranked 9452025: ranked 1,007

Where does the Carsen spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202011: ranked 4,6472012: ranked 3,9872013: ranked 3,8222014: ranked 2,6902015: ranked 2,7072016: ranked 3,4782017: ranked 4,8122018: ranked 3,9592021: ranked 3,9902023: ranked 4,9922024: ranked 4,2712025: ranked 5,137

Where does the Carson spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,3571997: ranked 2,3371998: ranked 1,6421999: ranked 2,4252000: ranked 1,2412001: ranked 1,4672002: ranked 1,1902003: ranked 2,1892004: ranked 1,0382005: ranked 8912006: ranked 7332007: ranked 6222008: ranked 6132009: ranked 5632010: ranked 5032011: ranked 4492012: ranked 3672013: ranked 4642014: ranked 3692015: ranked 3832016: ranked 3652017: ranked 3452018: ranked 3432019: ranked 3442020: ranked 3112021: ranked 3052022: ranked 2852023: ranked 3252024: ranked 3282025: ranked 401

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Karson per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 218 in 2021
Karson: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Karson most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Carson, peaked in 2021, when 218 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Karson spelling itself peaked in 2021, with 61 babies.

How many people are called Karson?

At least 2,800 people named Karson in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Karson?

Most living Karsons are between 5 and 13; the most common age is about 5.

Is Karson becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2021 peak.






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