Karsen Boy & girl
How popular is Karsen?
#1,919 boy name in 2025
81 baby boys were named Karsen in the US in 2025, making it the 1919th most popular boy name. Another 31 girls got the name (#4,459 for girls).
Karsen popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,919 for boys (▼ 86 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 81 boys, 31 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-56% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,075 in 2015, #1,245 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (206 boys) |
| Highest rank | #993 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1991 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 78% boys, 22% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karsen counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carson family of names ranked #102 for boys in 2025 (#98 the year before), with 3,726 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Karsen is most popular
Babies named Karsen per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.3 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Mississippi: 0.2 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Tennessee: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 boys)
Karsen by decade
Boy names about as popular as Karsen
Questions
- Is Karsen a boy or girl name?
- Karsen is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 78% of babies named Karsen were boys and 22% were girls.
- How popular is the name Karsen?
- 81 baby boys were named Karsen in the US in 2025, making it the 1919th most popular boy name. Another 31 girls got the name (#4,459 for girls).
- When was Karsen most popular?
- Karsen peaked in 2018, when 206 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #993 in 2012.
- How many people are named Karsen?
- 5,227 babies have been named Karsen in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,181 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Karsen most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karsen was most common in Louisiana, at 0.3 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.