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Carsten

Gender
Boy
Say it
KAR-sten
Origin
Latin
US rank, 2025
#4,248 for boys

Carsten is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).

What does Carsten mean?

Latin: spelling of Karsten; Low German and Scandinavian form of Christian

“follower of Christ”

A northern German and Danish form of Christian, also spelled Carsten.

Meaning borrowed from Karsten.

Is Carsten a girl's or a boy's name?

Carsten is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Carsten in the UK?

No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5 boys.

2004Busiest: 5 in 20042019
Carsten in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20194#4,126
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20123#4,999
20115#3,446
20103#4,865
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20045#2,691

How popular is Carsten in the US?

Rank in 2025
4,248th among boys
Babies in 2025
24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 54% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Carsten, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 129 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.

Half of all the boys named Carsten in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 49 boys in the US were given Carsten or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,241, up from #4,248 for this spelling alone.

1912Busiest: 129 in 20112025
Carsten in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202524#4,248
202421#4,697
202333#3,472
202242#2,960
202139#3,073
202053#2,436
201959#2,309
201859#2,281
201743#2,797
201667#2,086
201584#1,790
201493#1,657
2013108#1,500
2012123#1,367
2011129#1,319
2010116#1,425
200991#1,707
2008115#1,441
200798#1,593
200680#1,738
200559#2,077
200468#1,812
200355#2,051
200246#2,245
200154#1,978
200043#2,252
199933#2,604
199836#2,391
199728#2,746
199618#3,672
199519#3,426
199423#3,024
199321#3,135
199223#2,903
199111#4,752
199018#3,303
19899#5,158
198810#4,445
198715#3,197
198611#3,878
19850–
19849#4,212
19837#4,904
19820–
19819#4,151
19808#4,493
19790–
19785#5,769
19779#3,834
19768#4,010
19759#3,657
19740–
197310#3,221
197214#2,533
19718#3,656
19700–
19699#3,061
19688#3,106
19678#2,984
196610#2,626
19659#2,778
196413#2,309
19636#3,645
19620–
19617#3,354
19605#4,036
19595#3,986
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19545#3,825
19535#3,796
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19396#3,112
19380–
19370–
19360–
19356#3,252
19340–
19337#3,003
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19288#3,074
19276#3,778
19265#4,199
19255#4,195
19245#4,345
192310#2,771
19227#3,530
19217#3,516
19206#3,814
19198#3,114
19180–
19177#3,216
19160–
19150–
19145#3,263
19130–
19126#2,268

Names like Carsten

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Austin, Roman, Hudson, Mason, Caleb, Grayson, Jayden, Ethan, Jaxon, Cooper, Noah, Vinnie

Other spellings of Carsten

Karsten

Names related to Carsten

Christen, Carston

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara

Every Latin name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Carsten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carsten, updated 20 October 2026.