Karson*
#763 most common boys' name of all time · #1,709 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1966–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#763
Rank overall
#1,709 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
23,500
Since 2016
11,483
Peak year
2018 #265
Best rank
#265 2018
Girls
Boys
peak 1,413/yr
Karson first appears in 1966. 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 | 42 | 690 | 732 | #453 |
| 2024 | 52 | 819 | 871 | #397 |
| 2023 | 49 | 987 | 1,036 | #338 |
| 2022 | 57 | 988 | 1,045 | #339 |
| 2021 | 47 | 1,090 | 1,137 | #305 |
| 2020 | 53 | 1,289 | 1,342 | #266 |
| 2019 | 55 | 1,331 | 1,386 | #270 |
| 2018 | 68 | 1,345 | 1,413 | #265 |
| 2017 | 64 | 1,269 | 1,333 | #286 |
| 2016 | 84 | 1,104 | 1,188 | #318 |
| 2015 | 66 | 1,226 | 1,292 | #294 |
| 2014 | 53 | 1,039 | 1,092 | #328 |
| 2013 | 75 | 979 | 1,054 | #332 |
| 2012 | 63 | 838 | 901 | #364 |
| 2011 | 65 | 813 | 878 | #366 |
| 2010 | 68 | 760 | 828 | #380 |
| 2009 | 59 | 619 | 678 | #448 |
| 2008 | 50 | 566 | 616 | #487 |
| 2007 | 47 | 473 | 520 | #543 |
| 2006 | 54 | 450 | 504 | #560 |
| 2005 | 77 | 379 | 456 | #597 |
| 2004 | 67 | 354 | 421 | #606 |
| 2003 | 85 | 336 | 421 | #618 |
| 2002 | 62 | 270 | 332 | #680 |
| 2001 | 89 | 254 | 343 | #704 |
| 2000 | 88 | 238 | 326 | #726 |
| 1999 | 105 | 150 | 255 | #963 |
| 1998 | 51 | 101 | 152 | #1,221 |
| 1997 | 51 | 78 | 129 | #1,407 |
| 1996 | 45 | 81 | 126 | #1,344 |
| 1995 | 37 | 66 | 103 | #1,472 |
| 1994 | 46 | 67 | 113 | #1,448 |
| 1993 | 48 | 47 | 95 | #1,812 |
| 1992 | 43 | 50 | 93 | #1,713 |
| 1991 | 25 | 31 | 56 | #2,330 |
| 1990 | 11 | 23 | 34 | #2,831 |
| 1989 | — | 26 | 26 | #2,517 |
| 1988 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,292 |
| 1987 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,019 |
| 1986 | — | 12 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1985 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,904 |
| 1984 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,410 |
| 1983 | — | 15 | 15 | #3,020 |
| 1982 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,819 |
| 1981 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,371 |
| 1980 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #3,560 |
| 1979 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,971 |
| 1978 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,450 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,750 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,923 |
| 1974 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,003 |
| 1973 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,898 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,509 |