Karsen

#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · #1,919 for boys in 2025, 81 births
Given to boys 66.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2012 · 200 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,472
since 1991

Karsen over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #1,885, 2003peak #993, 2012girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,46031#1,91981
2024#4,11435#1,83388
2023#3,76340#1,518116
2022#3,31348#1,574112
2021#3,73540#1,360136
2020#3,73539#1,245149
2019#3,61142#1,080185
2018#4,00136#1,005206
2017#3,19250#1,073184
2016#3,32648#1,116175
2015#3,25450#1,075184
2014#2,96957#1,035195
2013#2,93657#1,203149
2012#3,26750#993200
2011#3,17352#1,078173
2010#2,56271#1,059181
2009#2,73066#1,298135
2008#2,99558#1,319132
2007#3,65344#1,539102
2006#2,85061#1,460105
2005#2,55367#1,81371
2004#2,26477#1,56584
2003#1,88597#1,93660
2002#2,60559#1,83262
2001#2,01384#1,98254
2000#1,88590#2,13647
1999#2,07374#3,03127
1998#3,49734#4,87313
1997#3,10538#5,64210
1996#3,94227#4,02216
1995#3,49231#6,9927
1994#3,61530#5,8689
1993#4,39323#4,69712
1992#4,52822#6,6707
1991#6,97612#8,2365
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First appearance
1991

The first year at least five boys were named Karsen! It came in at #8,236, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1991–1992, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.

Where Karsen is popular in 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedNHWashington: #757 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,929 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,324 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 11,934 boysILWisconsin: #763 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,147 boysWIMichigan: #742 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,099 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedSDIowa: #555 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,872 boysIAIndiana: #743 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,852 boysINOhio: #842 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 6,368 boysOHPennsylvania: #975 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 8,181 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedMOKentucky: #642 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,186 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedWVVirginia: #885 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,790 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedDEArizona: #864 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,838 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedKSArkansas: #536 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,706 boysARTennessee: #414 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,089 boysTNNorth Carolina: #1,139 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,032 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #599 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,136 boysOKLouisiana: #511 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,539 boysLAMississippi: #307 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,299 boysMSAlabama: #528 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,828 boysALGeorgia: #858 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,799 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Karsen, so not publishedHITexas: #1,076 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 9,715 boysTXFlorida: #1,280 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,980 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#307 · 1 in 1,299
  2. Tennessee#414 · 1 in 2,089
  3. Louisiana#511 · 1 in 2,539
  4. Alabama#528 · 1 in 2,828
  5. Arkansas#536 · 1 in 2,706

Best ever in a state: #140 in North Dakota, 2006.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#307101 in 1,299
Tennessee#414171 in 2,089
Louisiana#51191 in 2,539
Alabama#52881 in 2,828
Arkansas#53651 in 2,706
Iowa#55551 in 2,872
Oklahoma#59961 in 3,136
Kentucky#64251 in 4,186
Michigan#74291 in 5,099
Indiana#74371 in 4,852
Washington#75771 in 4,929
Wisconsin#76351 in 5,147
Ohio#84291 in 6,368
Georgia#85891 in 5,799
Arizona#86451 in 6,838
Virginia#88561 in 6,790
Pennsylvania#97571 in 8,181
Texas#1,076181 in 9,715
North Carolina#1,13951 in 10,032
Florida#1,28081 in 11,980
Illinois#1,32451 in 11,934
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Karsen
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 86 spots since 2024 (#1,833 → #1,919)
  • 674 spots since 2020 (#1,245 → #1,919)
  • 844 spots since 2015 (#1,075 → #1,919)
  • Biggest jump: 85 spots in 2012 (#1,078 → #993)
  • Biggest drop: 210 spots in 2013 (#993 → #1,203)
Rise & fade · boys
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1991
  • Peaked 2012 at #993 (200 births)
  • Births halved by 2024, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2012
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,816
  • Highest: 1 in 8,816 boys born in 2018 were named Karsen (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 21,087 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #993 in 2012, was only 1 in 9,485 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 52.8% of all boys named Karsen (1,832) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2004
  • Mostly girls until 2003, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s106#3,031 (1999)#5,559
2000s852#1,298 (2009)#1,688
2010s1,832#993 (2012)#1,072
2020s682#1,245 (2020)#1,575

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Karsen in 2018

girls
#4,001
36 births · 1 in 47,252 girls
boys
#1,005
206 births · 1 in 8,816 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #4,001Karsen36

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #1,005Karsen206
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 47,252 of them was named Karsen, which outranked 78.0% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karsen
  1. #3,918Vaeda37
  2. #3,918Verna37
  3. #3,918Yessenia37
  4. #4,001Karsen36
  5. #4,001Adalena36
  6. #4,001Adelaine36
  7. #4,001Ahlam36
  8. #4,076Adelin35
  9. #4,076Ahri35
  10. #4,076Alesia35

Tied with 74 names at #4,001; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 8,816 of them was named Karsen, which outranked 92.9% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Karsen
  1. #998Korbyn207
  2. #998Leif207
  3. #998Marquis207
  4. #1,005Karsen206
  5. #1,005Benton206
  6. #1,005Mac206
  7. #1,005Shaun206
  8. #1,009Alistair205
  9. #1,009Kolten205
  10. #1,009Santos205

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →