# Karsen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/karsen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,227 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,472 / 1,755 (34% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 24, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 52 | 3,198 |
| 2012 | 50 | 3,293 |
| 2013 | 57 | 2,952 |
| 2014 | 57 | 2,993 |
| 2015 | 50 | 3,276 |
| 2016 | 48 | 3,353 |
| 2017 | 50 | 3,222 |
| 2018 | 36 | 4,034 |
| 2019 | 42 | 3,643 |
| 2020 | 39 | 3,748 |
| 2021 | 40 | 3,771 |
| 2022 | 48 | 3,342 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,804 |
| 2024 | 35 | 4,162 |
| 2025 | 31 | 4,495 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 173 | 1,080 |
| 2012 | 200 | 998 |
| 2013 | 149 | 1,209 |
| 2014 | 195 | 1,037 |
| 2015 | 184 | 1,076 |
| 2016 | 175 | 1,116 |
| 2017 | 184 | 1,074 |
| 2018 | 206 | 1,006 |
| 2019 | 185 | 1,080 |
| 2020 | 149 | 1,248 |
| 2021 | 136 | 1,362 |
| 2022 | 112 | 1,583 |
| 2023 | 116 | 1,522 |
| 2024 | 88 | 1,845 |
| 2025 | 81 | 1,928 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.