Carson
Boy · KAR-son · Scottish
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Carson is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 313th for boys in the UK (159 babies) and 124th for boys in the US (2,883 babies).
What does Carson mean?
Scottish: Scottish and Ulster surname of uncertain origin
A surname turned first name; Kit Carson, the 19th-century American frontiersman, is a famous bearer.
- Say it
- KAR-son
More on Wiktionary.
Is Carson a girl's or a boy's name?
Carson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 159 boys in the UK and 197 girls and 2,883 boys in the US.
How popular is Carson in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 159about 1 in 1,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 159 boys in the UK were named Carson, making it the 313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 255th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 252 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Carson than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Carson in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 206 boys in the UK were given Carson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #261, up from #313 for this spelling alone.
In 2023, under 1% of the babies named Carson in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 401st in England and Wales, 103rd in Scotland and 212th in Northern Ireland.
Carson in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 159 | #313 |
| 2024 | 201 | #263 |
| 2023 | 198 | #264 |
| 2022 | 226 | #235 |
| 2021 | 252 | #228 |
| 2020 | 214 | #255 |
| 2019 | 226 | #248 |
| 2018 | 208 | #272 |
| 2017 | 212 | #278 |
| 2016 | 209 | #282 |
| 2015 | 199 | #288 |
| 2014 | 201 | #275 |
| 2013 | 169 | #299 |
| 2012 | 190 | #276 |
| 2011 | 142 | #347 |
| 2010 | 116 | #389 |
| 2009 | 103 | #414 |
| 2008 | 83 | #480 |
| 2007 | 79 | #479 |
| 2006 | 60 | #550 |
| 2005 | 46 | #632 |
| 2004 | 32 | #782 |
| 2003 | 25 | #880 |
| 2002 | 23 | #865 |
| 2001 | 19 | #949 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,021 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Carson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #124among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,883about 1 in 590 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,883 boys in the US were named Carson, making it the 124th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 84th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 5,259 boys. 197 girls were also named Carson in 2025 (1,173rd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Carson than any year since 1999.
Half of all the boys named Carson in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,968 boys in the US were given Carson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #93, up from #124 for this spelling alone.
Carson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,883 | #124 |
| 2024 | 2,901 | #124 |
| 2023 | 3,210 | #112 |
| 2022 | 3,408 | #110 |
| 2021 | 3,777 | #97 |
| 2020 | 4,196 | #84 |
| 2019 | 4,522 | #82 |
| 2018 | 5,259 | #70 |
| 2017 | 4,766 | #83 |
| 2016 | 4,931 | #81 |
| 2015 | 4,761 | #89 |
| 2014 | 4,625 | #91 |
| 2013 | 4,540 | #90 |
| 2012 | 4,597 | #87 |
| 2011 | 4,927 | #85 |
| 2010 | 5,098 | #82 |
| 2009 | 4,997 | #88 |
| 2008 | 5,127 | #89 |
| 2007 | 5,120 | #91 |
| 2006 | 5,012 | #87 |
| 2005 | 4,354 | #101 |
| 2004 | 4,379 | #101 |
| 2003 | 4,861 | #89 |
| 2002 | 3,600 | #105 |
| 2001 | 3,943 | #95 |
| 2000 | 3,239 | #119 |
| 1999 | 2,347 | #156 |
| 1998 | 1,471 | #218 |
| 1997 | 1,047 | #268 |
| 1996 | 1,010 | #275 |
| 1995 | 893 | #297 |
| 1994 | 833 | #314 |
| 1993 | 699 | #346 |
| 1992 | 662 | #358 |
| 1991 | 537 | #421 |
| 1990 | 471 | #455 |
| 1989 | 377 | #490 |
| 1988 | 283 | #547 |
| 1987 | 250 | #574 |
| 1986 | 252 | #561 |
| 1985 | 256 | #548 |
| 1984 | 221 | #571 |
| 1983 | 185 | #626 |
| 1982 | 189 | #632 |
| 1981 | 164 | #675 |
| 1980 | 156 | #696 |
| 1979 | 154 | #688 |
| 1978 | 137 | #717 |
| 1977 | 135 | #737 |
| 1976 | 140 | #700 |
| 1975 | 123 | #750 |
| 1974 | 103 | #786 |
| 1973 | 101 | #790 |
| 1972 | 103 | #788 |
| 1971 | 84 | #886 |
| 1970 | 104 | #798 |
| 1969 | 80 | #856 |
| 1968 | 87 | #794 |
| 1967 | 71 | #848 |
| 1966 | 79 | #819 |
| 1965 | 89 | #786 |
| 1964 | 85 | #815 |
| 1963 | 87 | #813 |
| 1962 | 85 | #821 |
| 1961 | 106 | #747 |
| 1960 | 90 | #803 |
| 1959 | 98 | #772 |
| 1958 | 99 | #739 |
| 1957 | 108 | #718 |
| 1956 | 113 | #693 |
| 1955 | 126 | #653 |
| 1954 | 136 | #631 |
| 1953 | 141 | #610 |
| 1952 | 121 | #637 |
| 1951 | 150 | #558 |
| 1950 | 120 | #625 |
| 1949 | 133 | #584 |
| 1948 | 117 | #625 |
| 1947 | 135 | #584 |
| 1946 | 131 | #556 |
| 1945 | 98 | #610 |
| 1944 | 69 | #745 |
| 1943 | 122 | #572 |
| 1942 | 115 | #580 |
| 1941 | 97 | #609 |
| 1940 | 106 | #576 |
| 1939 | 117 | #530 |
| 1938 | 87 | #640 |
| 1937 | 99 | #579 |
| 1936 | 89 | #617 |
| 1935 | 84 | #647 |
| 1934 | 84 | #657 |
| 1933 | 71 | #721 |
| 1932 | 111 | #560 |
| 1931 | 86 | #638 |
| 1930 | 105 | #584 |
| 1929 | 72 | #742 |
| 1928 | 101 | #608 |
| 1927 | 105 | #607 |
| 1926 | 113 | #585 |
| 1925 | 103 | #617 |
| 1924 | 132 | #547 |
| 1923 | 108 | #610 |
| 1922 | 120 | #586 |
| 1921 | 97 | #656 |
| 1920 | 99 | #630 |
| 1919 | 103 | #593 |
| 1918 | 103 | #604 |
| 1917 | 90 | #623 |
| 1916 | 113 | #540 |
| 1915 | 95 | #583 |
| 1914 | 96 | #500 |
| 1913 | 47 | #648 |
| 1912 | 45 | #608 |
| 1911 | 37 | #481 |
| 1910 | 24 | #582 |
| 1909 | 22 | #558 |
| 1908 | 12 | #779 |
| 1907 | 15 | #664 |
| 1906 | 13 | #674 |
| 1905 | 12 | #699 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 14 | #595 |
| 1902 | 17 | #521 |
| 1901 | 11 | #637 |
| 1900 | 16 | #623 |
| 1899 | 10 | #661 |
| 1898 | 16 | #523 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,034 |
| 1892 | 12 | #596 |
| 1891 | 7 | #765 |
| 1890 | 8 | #739 |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 9 | #704 |
| 1887 | 14 | #461 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 13 | #520 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 14 | #489 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 9 | #640 |
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