Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
18801900192019401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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