NameTides

Carson

Carson was the #124 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,883 babies), and #401 in England & Wales and #207 in Canada.

Carson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Carson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSNorthern IrelandCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Carson as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#124 (2,883)#401 (101)#103 (49)#212 (9)#286 (15)#207 (168)
2024#124 (2,901)#328 (134)#91 (57)#202 (10)#327 (12)#196 (175)
2023#112 (3,210)#325 (135)#103 (51)#181 (12)#243 (18)#183 (180)
2022#110 (3,408)#285 (157)#91 (61)#234 (8)#349 (12)#179 (194)
2021#97 (3,777)#305 (153)#66 (83)#150 (16)#279 (16)#185 (203)
2020#84 (4,196)#311 (148)#108 (52)#159 (14)#402 (9)#127 (269)
2019#82 (4,522)#344 (129)#83 (77)#127 (20)#370 (10)#114 (315)
2018#70 (5,259)#343 (133)#101 (60)#161 (15)#224 (24)#117 (310)
2017#83 (4,766)#345 (138)#92 (66)#229 (8)#394 (9)#136 (281)
2016#81 (4,931)#365 (127)#105 (65)#156 (17)#283 (16)#110 (355)
2015#89 (4,761)#383 (114)#97 (69)#159 (16)#294 (15)#123 (330)
2014#91 (4,625)#369 (111)#95 (74)#164 (16)#314 (14)#105 (382)
2013#90 (4,540)#464 (83)#101 (65)#130 (21)#534 (5)#116 (343)
2012#87 (4,597)#367 (115)#126 (51)#118 (24)#457 (7)#90 (451)
2011#85 (4,927)#449 (84)#134 (45)#183 (13)#623 (4)#94 (427)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #70.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Carson were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 590 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 590common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 400common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 920common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 950common

Next year

On its recent trend, Carson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 650 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 610 to 1 in 690.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Carson by state, 2025Alaska: #94AKMaine: #119MEWisconsin: #99WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #52NHWashington: #154WAIdaho: #196IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: #120NDMinnesota: #88MNIllinois: #168ILMichigan: #79MINew York: #163NYMassachusetts: #146MAOregon: #133ORNevada: #98NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #105SDIowa: #143IAIndiana: #102INOhio: #73OHPennsylvania: #61PANew Jersey: #187NJConnecticut: #100CTRhode Island: #140RICalifornia: #222CAUtah: #140UTColorado: #202CONebraska: #116NEMissouri: #89MOKentucky: #50KYWest Virginia: #36WVVirginia: #122VAMaryland: #145MDDelaware: #101DEArizona: #147AZNew Mexico: #134NMKansas: #138KSArkansas: #81ARTennessee: #86TNNorth Carolina: #93NCSouth Carolina: #143SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #96OKLouisiana: #106LAMississippi: #79MSAlabama: #79ALGeorgia: #105GAHawaii: #146HITexas: #190TXFlorida: #126FL
Carson (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#17179

Carson (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CarsonCanadaGirls#3,4785
CarsonCanadaBoys#207168
CarsonEngland & WalesGirls—too few
CarsonEngland & WalesBoys#401101
CarsonIrelandBoys#28615
CarsonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CarsonNorthern IrelandBoys#2129
CarsonScotlandGirls—too few
CarsonScotlandBoys#10349
CarsonUSGirls#1,173197
CarsonUSBoys#1242,883