# Karsten (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/karsten/  
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 | 3,424 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,252 / 172 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 42, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 7 | 12,879 |
| 2003 | 12 | 8,776 |
| 2004 | 12 | 8,970 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,435 |
| 2006 | 8 | 12,967 |
| 2007 | 5 | 19,015 |
| 2008 | 9 | 12,099 |
| 2009 | 8 | 13,042 |
| 2010 | 5 | 18,392 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,052 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,188 |
| 2013 | 7 | 13,886 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,857 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,750 |
| 2025 | 5 | 16,079 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 113 | 1,454 |
| 2012 | 109 | 1,484 |
| 2013 | 100 | 1,565 |
| 2014 | 87 | 1,739 |
| 2015 | 70 | 2,044 |
| 2016 | 77 | 1,911 |
| 2017 | 62 | 2,178 |
| 2018 | 61 | 2,247 |
| 2019 | 73 | 2,010 |
| 2020 | 27 | 3,867 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,945 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4,370 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,065 |
| 2024 | 28 | 3,933 |
| 2025 | 25 | 4,194 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 7 | 1,664 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Karsten

- Karsten Kroon, Dutch cyclist
- Karsten Schmeling, East German rower
- Karsten Brannasch, German bobsledder
- Karsten Kobs, German hammer thrower
- Karsten Forsterling, Australian rower
- Karsten Müller, Chess grandmaster, author
- Karsten Lauritzen, Danish politician
- Karsten Baumann, German footballer and manager
- Karsten Tadda, German basketball player (born 1988)
- Karsten Hønge, Danish politician
- Karsten Huck, German equestrian
- Karsten Heine, German footballer and manager

## 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.