Karsen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-sen
- Origin
- Scottish
- US rank, 2025
- #1,919 for boys
Karsen is a boys' name of Scottish origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,919th for boys in the US (81 babies).
What does Karsen mean?
Scottish: spelling of Carson, a Scottish surname
A spelling of Carson, a Scottish surname of uncertain origin.
Is Karsen a girl's or a boy's name?
Karsen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls and 81 boys in the US.
How popular is Karsen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 5 boys.
Karsen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
How popular is Karsen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,919among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 81about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 81 boys in the US were named Karsen, making it the 1,919th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,245th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 206 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991. 31 girls were also named Karsen in 2025 (4,459th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Karsen than any year since 2005.
Half of all the boys named Karsen in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,968 boys in the US were given Karsen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #93, up from #1,919 for this spelling alone.
In 1993, 66% of the babies named Karsen in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 28%, with more boys than girls since 2004.
Karsen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #1,919 |
| 2024 | 88 | #1,833 |
| 2023 | 116 | #1,518 |
| 2022 | 112 | #1,574 |
| 2021 | 136 | #1,360 |
| 2020 | 149 | #1,245 |
| 2019 | 185 | #1,080 |
| 2018 | 206 | #1,005 |
| 2017 | 184 | #1,073 |
| 2016 | 175 | #1,116 |
| 2015 | 184 | #1,075 |
| 2014 | 195 | #1,035 |
| 2013 | 149 | #1,203 |
| 2012 | 200 | #993 |
| 2011 | 173 | #1,078 |
| 2010 | 181 | #1,059 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,298 |
| 2008 | 132 | #1,319 |
| 2007 | 102 | #1,539 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,460 |
| 2005 | 71 | #1,810 |
| 2004 | 84 | #1,562 |
| 2003 | 60 | #1,932 |
| 2002 | 62 | #1,829 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Karsen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brody Aiden Kian Jayden Logan Finn Lochlan Rowan Finley Ayaan Ronan
Other spellings of Karsen
More Scottish names
Isla Arabella Cameron Bonnie Paisley Maxwell Brodie Finlay Blair Lennox Skye Knox Dallas Reid Lachlan Mackenzie
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, “Karsen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/karsen, updated 20 October 2026.