Karsten
Boy · KAR-sten · Latin
Karsten is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “follower of Christ”. In 2025 it ranked 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Karsten mean?
Latin: Low German and Scandinavian form of Christian
“follower of Christ”
A northern German and Danish form of Christian, also spelled Carsten.
- Say it
- KAR-sten
Is Karsten a girl's or a boy's name?
Karsten is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 25 boys in the US.
How popular is Karsten in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 7 boys.
Karsten in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
How popular is Karsten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Karsten, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 135 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950. 5 girls were also named Karsten in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Karsten in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49 boys in the US were given Karsten or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,241, up from #4,138 for this spelling alone.
- Karsten 25
- Carsten 24
Karsten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 73 | #2,000 |
| 2018 | 61 | #2,229 |
| 2017 | 62 | #2,169 |
| 2016 | 77 | #1,903 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,036 |
| 2014 | 87 | #1,730 |
| 2013 | 100 | #1,563 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,478 |
| 2011 | 113 | #1,448 |
| 2010 | 135 | #1,284 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,561 |
| 2008 | 108 | #1,504 |
| 2007 | 125 | #1,341 |
| 2006 | 131 | #1,273 |
| 2005 | 115 | #1,314 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,290 |
| 2003 | 97 | #1,380 |
| 2002 | 84 | #1,495 |
| 2001 | 107 | #1,239 |
| 2000 | 98 | #1,311 |
| 1999 | 67 | #1,601 |
| 1998 | 63 | #1,639 |
| 1997 | 51 | #1,833 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,425 |
| 1994 | 46 | #1,846 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 32 | #2,209 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 14 | #3,070 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 24 | #2,137 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 34 | #1,616 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,571 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 24 | #1,819 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 37 | #1,373 |
| 1969 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,326 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 8 | #3,049 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
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