Carston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-sten
- Origin
- Latin
Carston is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Carston 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 Carston a girl's or a boy's name?
Carston is a boys' name.
How popular is Carston in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 40 boys. It first appears in the records in 1921.
Half of all the boys named Carston in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Carston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 35 | #3,219 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 24 | #3,507 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
Names like Carston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Colson Easton Jackson Colton Mason Boston Callum Dawson Grayson Ashton Stetson
Names related to Carston
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Carston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/carston, updated 20 October 2026.