Carlson
#5,720 most common boys' name of all time · #14,259 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1920–2025
Rank among boys
#5,720
Rank overall
#14,259 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
747
Since 2016
112
Peak year
2016 #4,974
Best rank
#2,382 1959
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Carlson first appears in 1920. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2024 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,244 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,959 |
| 2021 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,751 |
| 2020 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,831 |
| 2019 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,461 |
| 2018 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,208 |
| 2017 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,146 |
| 2016 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,974 |
| 2015 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,328 |
| 2014 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,783 |
| 2013 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,618 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,264 |
| 2011 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,643 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,241 |
| 2009 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,097 |
| 2008 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,253 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,292 |
| 2006 | — | 14 | 14 | #5,834 |
| 2005 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,289 |
| 2004 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,861 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,807 |
| 2002 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,455 |
| 2001 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,735 |
| 2000 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,842 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,868 |
| 1998 | — | 15 | 15 | #4,456 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,406 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,142 |
| 1995 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,209 |
| 1994 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,503 |
| 1993 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,347 |
| 1992 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,959 |
| 1991 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,202 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,093 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,780 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,256 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,617 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,005 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,793 |
| 1984 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,772 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,063 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,528 |
| 1975 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,020 |
| 1974 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,605 |
| 1973 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,214 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,661 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,602 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,007 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,770 |
| 1968 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,534 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 1965 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1963 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,225 |
| 1961 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,261 |
| 1960 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,392 |
| 1959 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,382 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,254 |
| 1957 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,187 |
| 1956 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,240 |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,412 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1953 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 1952 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,649 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,079 |
| 1949 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,769 |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,760 |
| 1947 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,454 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,693 |
| 1944 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 1943 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,396 |
| 1941 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,100 |
| 1939 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,088 |
| 1938 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1936 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,838 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,226 |
| 1928 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,067 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,674 |
| 1924 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,274 |
| 1921 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,244 |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,965 |