# Karson (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/karson/  
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 |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 23,500 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 21,394 / 2,106 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 592, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant spelling of Carson.

## 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 | 65 | 2,709 |
| 2012 | 63 | 2,792 |
| 2013 | 75 | 2,423 |
| 2014 | 53 | 3,126 |
| 2015 | 66 | 2,701 |
| 2016 | 84 | 2,280 |
| 2017 | 64 | 2,703 |
| 2018 | 68 | 2,575 |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,976 |
| 2020 | 53 | 3,044 |
| 2021 | 47 | 3,367 |
| 2022 | 57 | 2,946 |
| 2023 | 49 | 3,298 |
| 2024 | 52 | 3,101 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,612 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 813 | 366 |
| 2012 | 838 | 364 |
| 2013 | 979 | 332 |
| 2014 | 1,039 | 328 |
| 2015 | 1,226 | 293 |
| 2016 | 1,104 | 318 |
| 2017 | 1,269 | 286 |
| 2018 | 1,345 | 265 |
| 2019 | 1,331 | 270 |
| 2020 | 1,289 | 266 |
| 2021 | 1,090 | 305 |
| 2022 | 988 | 339 |
| 2023 | 987 | 338 |
| 2024 | 819 | 397 |
| 2025 | 690 | 453 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 1,398 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 33 | 914 |
| 2017 | 41 | 794 |
| 2018 | 41 | 786 |
| 2019 | 49 | 686 |
| 2020 | 47 | 706 |
| 2021 | 61 | 610 |
| 2022 | 35 | 878 |
| 2023 | 54 | 651 |
| 2024 | 33 | 945 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,007 |

## People named Karson

- Karson Kuhlman, American ice hockey player

## 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.