Karson
- #3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births
- #453 for boys in 2025, 690 births
- Given to boys 91.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 1,345 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,394since 1966
Karson over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,577 | 42 | #453 | 690 |
| 2024 | #3,081 | 52 | #397 | 819 |
| 2023 | #3,274 | 49 | #337 | 987 |
| 2022 | #2,928 | 57 | #339 | 988 |
| 2021 | #3,339 | 47 | #305 | 1,090 |
| 2020 | #3,015 | 53 | #266 | 1,289 |
| 2019 | #2,962 | 55 | #270 | 1,331 |
| 2018 | #2,557 | 68 | #265 | 1,345 |
| 2017 | #2,689 | 64 | #286 | 1,269 |
| 2016 | #2,269 | 84 | #318 | 1,104 |
| 2015 | #2,685 | 66 | #293 | 1,226 |
| 2014 | #3,112 | 53 | #328 | 1,039 |
| 2013 | #2,408 | 75 | #331 | 979 |
| 2012 | #2,770 | 63 | #363 | 838 |
| 2011 | #2,695 | 65 | #366 | 813 |
| 2010 | #2,642 | 68 | #380 | 760 |
| 2009 | #2,940 | 59 | #448 | 619 |
| 2008 | #3,316 | 50 | #487 | 566 |
| 2007 | #3,482 | 47 | #541 | 473 |
| 2006 | #3,090 | 54 | #559 | 450 |
| 2005 | #2,314 | 77 | #596 | 379 |
| 2004 | #2,503 | 67 | #603 | 354 |
| 2003 | #2,084 | 85 | #617 | 336 |
| 2002 | #2,527 | 62 | #678 | 270 |
| 2001 | #1,941 | 89 | #703 | 254 |
| 2000 | #1,923 | 88 | #726 | 238 |
| 1999 | #1,596 | 105 | #961 | 150 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 51 | #1,216 | 101 |
| 1997 | #2,511 | 51 | #1,402 | 78 |
| 1996 | #2,714 | 45 | #1,334 | 81 |
| 1995 | #3,087 | 37 | #1,467 | 66 |
| 1994 | #2,661 | 46 | #1,434 | 67 |
| 1993 | #2,573 | 48 | #1,792 | 47 |
| 1992 | #2,777 | 43 | #1,697 | 50 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | #2,780 | 23 |
| 1989 | — | #2,469 | 26 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,255 | 27 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,942 | 17 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,828 | 17 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,215 | 9 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #3,430 | 12 |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
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| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #5,464 | 5 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,634 | 6 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1966
The first year at least five boys were named Karson! It came in at #3,948, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1972, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Karson is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#86 · 1 in 350
- Louisiana#170 · 1 in 638
- Kentucky#193 · 1 in 708
- Alabama#200 · 1 in 768
- West Virginia#227 · 1 in 770
Best ever in a state: #40 in Mississippi, 2022.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #86 | 31 | 1 in 350 |
| Louisiana | #170 | 30 | 1 in 638 |
| Kentucky | #193 | 29 | 1 in 708 |
| Alabama | #200 | 28 | 1 in 768 |
| West Virginia | #227 | 8 | 1 in 770 |
| South Carolina | #233 | 24 | 1 in 883 |
| Oklahoma | #264 | 18 | 1 in 982 |
| Tennessee | #282 | 31 | 1 in 1,186 |
| Georgia | #286 | 43 | 1 in 1,168 |
| Missouri | #302 | 22 | 1 in 1,264 |
| Virginia | #329 | 25 | 1 in 1,490 |
| North Carolina | #339 | 34 | 1 in 1,514 |
| Maryland | #364 | 14 | 1 in 1,636 |
| Michigan | #375 | 23 | 1 in 1,748 |
| Pennsylvania | #387 | 27 | 1 in 1,936 |
| Arkansas | #398 | 8 | 1 in 1,573 |
| Kansas | #428 | 8 | 1 in 1,756 |
| Indiana | #431 | 16 | 1 in 1,979 |
| Ohio | #470 | 22 | 1 in 2,388 |
| Iowa | #493 | 6 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Florida | #515 | 34 | 1 in 2,810 |
| Nevada | #516 | 5 | 1 in 2,259 |
| Oregon | #529 | 6 | 1 in 2,510 |
| New York | #545 | 29 | 1 in 2,911 |
| Texas | #555 | 57 | 1 in 3,071 |
| Minnesota | #640 | 7 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Arizona | #672 | 9 | 1 in 3,636 |
| Illinois | #677 | 13 | 1 in 3,812 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Washington | #737 | 8 | 1 in 4,100 |
| California | #906 | 25 | 1 in 7,019 |
| New Jersey | #915 | 6 | 1 in 6,628 |
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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 Karson
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 187 spots since 2020 (#266 → #453)
- Biggest jump: 255 spots in 1999
- Biggest drop: 60 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
52 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 2018 at #265 (1,345 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1999–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,339
- Highest: 1 in 1,339 boys born in 2020 were named Karson (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,475 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
- Its best rank, #265 in 2018, was only 1 in 1,350 (0.07%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 50.0% of all boys named Karson (10,704) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1994
- Mostly girls until 1993, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #3,948 (1966) | #3,948 |
| 1970s | 40 | #3,810 (1979) | #4,648 |
| 1980s | 149 | #2,255 (1988) | #3,524 |
| 1990s | 694 | #961 (1999) | #1,638 |
| 2000s | 3,939 | #448 (2009) | #596 |
| 2010s | 10,704 | #265 (2018) | #320 |
| 2020s | 5,863 | #266 (2020) | #350 |
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.
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