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Carson name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Carson ranks #124 in male records (2,883 reported) and #1,174 in female records (197 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#1,174 · 197 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count increased by 24 female records (173 to 197); rank moved from #1,328 to #1,174.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count increased by 25 female records (172 to 197); rank moved from #1,312 to #1,174.
2025 male rank and count
#124 · 2,883 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count decreased by 18 male records (2,901 to 2,883); rank stayed at #124.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 894 male records (3,777 to 2,883); rank moved from #97 to #124.
Peak year in available data
2018: 5,259 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Carson becoming more popular?

Carson's reported male count decreased by 18 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank stayed at #124. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Carson in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for CarsonFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.5,2590201620252016: 186 female records2017: 193 female records2018: 207 female records2019: 166 female records2020: 202 female records2021: 172 female records2022: 170 female records2023: 188 female records2024: 173 female records2025: 197 female records2016: 4,931 male records2017: 4,766 male records2018: 5,259 male records2019: 4,522 male records2020: 4,196 male records2021: 3,777 male records2022: 3,408 male records2023: 3,210 male records2024: 2,901 male records2025: 2,883 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
20251971,1742,883124
20241731,3282,901124
20231881,2393,210112
20221701,3683,408110
20211721,3123,77797
20202021,1594,19684
20191661,3604,52282
20182071,1635,25970
20171931,2374,76683
20161861,2914,93181

Questions about Carson’s popularity

How common is Carson in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Carson ranks #124 in male records (2,883 reported) and #1,174 in female records (197 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Carson?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Carson only.

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