Karson

What Karson means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Karson yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #453 vs #1,007 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Karson?

US: Falling: down from #293 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #996 in 2015, #1007 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 1,289 boys got the name (#266 that year). First in the US records in 1966.

How common

• About 1 in 2,475 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 9,065 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,403 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (2.86 per 1,000 boys), LA (1.57 per 1,000 boys), KY (1.41 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Karson is #453 in the US and #1007 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 94.3% of US babies named Karson were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Carson2,883 US · 101 E&W
• Karsyn168 US
• Karsen81 US
• Carsen65 US · 3 E&W
• Carsyn61 US
• Karsin7 US
• Karsynn6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Karson

Boys

• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Declan#139Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #139 vs #372 in 2025
• Kayden#135Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1989, with 6 babies
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*

For a sister

• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Arabella#213Editor’s note Steady in the US: #194 in 2015 and #213 in 2025
• Harmony#276From the word “harmony”^*
• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Presley#225“priest + wood, clearing”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Karson’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.