Carsten
#2,834 most common boys' name of all time · #6,821 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1912–2025
Rank among boys
#2,834
Rank overall
#6,821 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
2,377
Since 2016
445
Peak year
2011 #1,321
Best rank
#1,321 2011
Girls
Boys
peak 129/yr
Carsten first appears in 1912. 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 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,719 |
| 2023 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,485 |
| 2022 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,967 |
| 2021 | — | 39 | 39 | #3,078 |
| 2020 | 5 | 53 | 58 | #2,442 |
| 2019 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,316 |
| 2018 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,284 |
| 2017 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,802 |
| 2016 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,087 |
| 2015 | 5 | 84 | 89 | #1,794 |
| 2014 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,661 |
| 2013 | — | 108 | 108 | #1,504 |
| 2012 | — | 123 | 123 | #1,368 |
| 2011 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,321 |
| 2010 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,427 |
| 2009 | — | 91 | 91 | #1,711 |
| 2008 | — | 115 | 115 | #1,441 |
| 2007 | — | 98 | 98 | #1,595 |
| 2006 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,740 |
| 2005 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,088 |
| 2004 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,818 |
| 2003 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,061 |
| 2002 | — | 46 | 46 | #2,262 |
| 2001 | — | 54 | 54 | #1,992 |
| 2000 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,263 |
| 1999 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,619 |
| 1998 | — | 36 | 36 | #2,405 |
| 1997 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,768 |
| 1996 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,699 |
| 1995 | — | 19 | 19 | #3,458 |
| 1994 | — | 23 | 23 | #3,045 |
| 1993 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1992 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,934 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,819 |
| 1990 | — | 18 | 18 | #3,347 |
| 1989 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,225 |
| 1988 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,508 |
| 1987 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,234 |
| 1986 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,945 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,280 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,003 |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,225 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,570 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,916 |
| 1977 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,903 |
| 1976 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,106 |
| 1975 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,736 |
| 1973 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,303 |
| 1972 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,575 |
| 1971 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,744 |
| 1969 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,159 |
| 1968 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,182 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 1966 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,693 |
| 1965 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1964 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,366 |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,785 |
| 1961 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,458 |
| 1960 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,215 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,170 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,984 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,976 |
| 1939 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,272 |
| 1935 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,418 |
| 1933 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,122 |
| 1928 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,199 |
| 1927 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,918 |
| 1926 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,361 |
| 1925 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,372 |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,508 |
| 1923 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,861 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,648 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,646 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,947 |
| 1919 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,232 |
| 1917 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,326 |
| 1914 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,440 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,459 |