NameTides

Karson

Karson was the #453 boys' name in the US in 2025 (690 babies), and #1,007 in England & Wales and #885 in Canada.

Karson as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Karson 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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaIrelandEngland & Wales
Karson 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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#453 (690)#1,007 (30)#269 (14)—#676 (4)#885 (29)
2024#397 (819)#945 (33)#352 (10)—#655 (4)#697 (38)
2023#337 (987)#651 (54)#321 (11)#395 (3)#436 (8)#545 (50)
2022#339 (988)#878 (35)#342 (10)—#509 (6)#657 (40)
2021#305 (1,090)#610 (61)#286 (14)#374 (4)#552 (5)#613 (45)
2020#266 (1,289)#706 (47)#324 (11)#304 (5)#496 (6)#486 (55)
2019#270 (1,331)#686 (49)#278 (14)#418 (3)#466 (7)#475 (59)
2018#265 (1,345)#786 (41)#361 (9)—#749 (3)#412 (72)
2017#286 (1,269)#794 (41)#281 (15)—#495 (6)#477 (60)
2016#318 (1,104)#914 (33)#442 (7)——#382 (81)
2015#293 (1,226)#996 (29)#359 (9)#415 (3)#699 (3)#438 (67)
2014#328 (1,039)#1,061 (26)#358 (10)—#715 (3)#413 (72)
2013#331 (979)#1,617 (14)#335 (11)——#435 (67)
2012#363 (838)#1,367 (18)#301 (12)—#616 (4)#454 (61)
2011#366 (813)#1,398 (17)#421 (7)—#730 (3)#484 (56)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #266.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1966.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Karson were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 5,900uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 5,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Karson is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,600 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 3,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Karson by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #737WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #375MINew York: #545NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #529ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #431INOhio: #470OHPennsylvania: #387PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #906CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #302MOKentucky: #193KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #329VAMaryland: #364MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #672AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #398ARTennessee: #282TNNorth Carolina: #339NCSouth Carolina: #233SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #264OKLouisiana: #170LAMississippi: #86MSAlabama: #200ALGeorgia: #286GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #555TXFlorida: #515FL
Karson (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#79414

Karson (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
KarsonCanadaGirls—too few
KarsonCanadaBoys#88529
KarsonEngland & WalesBoys#1,00730
KarsonIrelandBoys#6764
KarsonNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KarsonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
KarsonScotlandBoys#26914
KarsonUSGirls#3,57742
KarsonUSBoys#453690