Carson*
#245 most common boys' name of all time · #534 across all names · 94% male / 6% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#245
Rank overall
#534 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
140,887
Since 2016
41,707
Peak year
2018 #70
Best rank
#70 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 5,466/yr
Carson is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 197 | 2,883 | 3,080 | #124 |
| 2024 | 173 | 2,901 | 3,074 | #124 |
| 2023 | 188 | 3,210 | 3,398 | #112 |
| 2022 | 170 | 3,408 | 3,578 | #110 |
| 2021 | 172 | 3,777 | 3,949 | #97 |
| 2020 | 202 | 4,196 | 4,398 | #84 |
| 2019 | 166 | 4,522 | 4,688 | #82 |
| 2018 | 207 | 5,259 | 5,466 | #70 |
| 2017 | 193 | 4,766 | 4,959 | #83 |
| 2016 | 186 | 4,931 | 5,117 | #81 |
| 2015 | 178 | 4,761 | 4,939 | #89 |
| 2014 | 173 | 4,625 | 4,798 | #91 |
| 2013 | 152 | 4,540 | 4,692 | #90 |
| 2012 | 153 | 4,597 | 4,750 | #87 |
| 2011 | 179 | 4,927 | 5,106 | #85 |
| 2010 | 189 | 5,098 | 5,287 | #82 |
| 2009 | 188 | 4,997 | 5,185 | #88 |
| 2008 | 202 | 5,127 | 5,329 | #89 |
| 2007 | 200 | 5,120 | 5,320 | #91 |
| 2006 | 212 | 5,012 | 5,224 | #87 |
| 2005 | 214 | 4,354 | 4,568 | #101 |
| 2004 | 236 | 4,379 | 4,615 | #101 |
| 2003 | 280 | 4,861 | 5,141 | #89 |
| 2002 | 293 | 3,600 | 3,893 | #105 |
| 2001 | 352 | 3,943 | 4,295 | #95 |
| 2000 | 377 | 3,239 | 3,616 | #119 |
| 1999 | 447 | 2,347 | 2,794 | #156 |
| 1998 | 299 | 1,471 | 1,770 | #218 |
| 1997 | 251 | 1,047 | 1,298 | #268 |
| 1996 | 251 | 1,010 | 1,261 | #275 |
| 1995 | 204 | 893 | 1,097 | #297 |
| 1994 | 204 | 833 | 1,037 | #315 |
| 1993 | 189 | 699 | 888 | #346 |
| 1992 | 202 | 662 | 864 | #358 |
| 1991 | 129 | 537 | 666 | #421 |
| 1990 | 68 | 471 | 539 | #456 |
| 1989 | 36 | 377 | 413 | #490 |
| 1988 | 30 | 283 | 313 | #547 |
| 1987 | 23 | 250 | 273 | #576 |
| 1986 | 27 | 252 | 279 | #561 |
| 1985 | 24 | 256 | 280 | #548 |
| 1984 | 18 | 221 | 239 | #572 |
| 1983 | 15 | 185 | 200 | #626 |
| 1982 | 18 | 189 | 207 | #632 |
| 1981 | 26 | 164 | 190 | #675 |
| 1980 | 19 | 156 | 175 | #696 |
| 1979 | 16 | 154 | 170 | #688 |
| 1978 | 13 | 137 | 150 | #717 |
| 1977 | 14 | 135 | 149 | #737 |
| 1976 | 11 | 140 | 151 | #700 |
| 1975 | 20 | 123 | 143 | #751 |
| 1974 | 9 | 103 | 112 | #786 |
| 1973 | 11 | 101 | 112 | #790 |
| 1972 | 8 | 103 | 111 | #789 |
| 1971 | 8 | 84 | 92 | #888 |
| 1970 | — | 104 | 104 | #798 |
| 1969 | 10 | 80 | 90 | #856 |
| 1968 | 5 | 87 | 92 | #796 |
| 1967 | — | 71 | 71 | #850 |
| 1966 | — | 79 | 79 | #820 |
| 1965 | — | 89 | 89 | #787 |
| 1964 | — | 85 | 85 | #816 |
| 1963 | — | 87 | 87 | #813 |
| 1962 | 8 | 85 | 93 | #825 |
| 1961 | — | 106 | 106 | #748 |
| 1960 | — | 90 | 90 | #806 |
| 1959 | 6 | 98 | 104 | #773 |
| 1958 | — | 99 | 99 | #741 |
| 1957 | — | 108 | 108 | #719 |
| 1956 | 5 | 113 | 118 | #694 |
| 1955 | — | 126 | 126 | #654 |
| 1954 | — | 136 | 136 | #632 |
| 1953 | 12 | 141 | 153 | #612 |
| 1952 | 7 | 121 | 128 | #638 |
| 1951 | 9 | 150 | 159 | #560 |
| 1950 | 7 | 120 | 127 | #628 |
| 1949 | 5 | 133 | 138 | #588 |
| 1948 | 6 | 117 | 123 | #627 |
| 1947 | 11 | 135 | 146 | #584 |
| 1946 | — | 131 | 131 | #557 |
| 1945 | — | 98 | 98 | #610 |
| 1944 | — | 69 | 69 | #746 |
| 1943 | — | 122 | 122 | #573 |
| 1942 | — | 115 | 115 | #580 |
| 1941 | — | 97 | 97 | #611 |
| 1940 | — | 106 | 106 | #577 |
| 1939 | — | 117 | 117 | #531 |
| 1938 | — | 87 | 87 | #642 |
| 1937 | — | 99 | 99 | #579 |
| 1936 | — | 89 | 89 | #619 |
| 1935 | — | 84 | 84 | #649 |
| 1934 | — | 84 | 84 | #659 |
| 1933 | — | 71 | 71 | #723 |
| 1932 | — | 111 | 111 | #563 |
| 1931 | — | 86 | 86 | #638 |
| 1930 | — | 105 | 105 | #586 |
| 1929 | — | 72 | 72 | #746 |
| 1928 | — | 101 | 101 | #608 |
| 1927 | — | 105 | 105 | #608 |
| 1926 | — | 113 | 113 | #589 |
| 1925 | — | 103 | 103 | #619 |
| 1924 | — | 132 | 132 | #550 |
| 1923 | — | 108 | 108 | #612 |
| 1922 | — | 120 | 120 | #586 |
| 1921 | — | 97 | 97 | #657 |
| 1920 | — | 99 | 99 | #633 |
| 1919 | — | 103 | 103 | #595 |
| 1918 | — | 103 | 103 | #605 |
| 1917 | — | 90 | 90 | #627 |
| 1916 | — | 113 | 113 | #540 |
| 1915 | — | 95 | 95 | #585 |
| 1914 | — | 96 | 96 | #501 |
| 1913 | — | 47 | 47 | #651 |
| 1912 | — | 45 | 45 | #612 |
| 1911 | — | 37 | 37 | #486 |
| 1910 | — | 24 | 24 | #590 |
| 1909 | — | 22 | 22 | #566 |
| 1908 | — | 12 | 12 | #796 |
| 1907 | — | 15 | 15 | #682 |
| 1906 | — | 13 | 13 | #691 |
| 1905 | — | 12 | 12 | #715 |
| 1904 | — | 10 | 10 | #780 |
| 1903 | — | 14 | 14 | #608 |
| 1902 | — | 17 | 17 | #533 |
| 1901 | — | 11 | 11 | #661 |
| 1900 | — | 16 | 16 | #633 |
| 1899 | — | 10 | 10 | #682 |
| 1898 | — | 16 | 16 | #534 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,093 |
| 1896 | — | 8 | 8 | #843 |
| 1895 | — | 10 | 10 | #702 |
| 1894 | — | 12 | 12 | #610 |
| 1893 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,063 |
| 1892 | — | 12 | 12 | #623 |
| 1891 | — | 7 | 7 | #787 |
| 1890 | — | 8 | 8 | #769 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #818 |
| 1888 | — | 9 | 9 | #724 |
| 1887 | — | 14 | 14 | #482 |
| 1886 | — | 8 | 8 | #731 |
| 1885 | — | 9 | 9 | #661 |
| 1884 | — | 13 | 13 | #534 |
| 1882 | — | 14 | 14 | #511 |
| 1881 | — | 6 | 6 | #804 |
| 1880 | — | 9 | 9 | #651 |