Karsten*
#2,247 most common boys' name of all time · #5,402 across all names · 95% male / 5% female · used 1950–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#2,247
Rank overall
#5,402 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
67 of 146
All-time
3,424
Since 2016
461
Peak year
2010 #1,286
Best rank
#1,247 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 140/yr
Karsten first appears in 1950. 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 | 25 | 30 | #4,172 |
| 2024 | — | 28 | 28 | #3,916 |
| 2023 | — | 27 | 27 | #4,034 |
| 2022 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,345 |
| 2021 | — | 42 | 42 | #2,943 |
| 2020 | — | 27 | 27 | #3,834 |
| 2019 | 5 | 73 | 78 | #2,005 |
| 2018 | 5 | 61 | 66 | #2,243 |
| 2017 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,177 |
| 2016 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,045 |
| 2014 | — | 87 | 87 | #1,735 |
| 2013 | 7 | 100 | 107 | #1,564 |
| 2012 | 5 | 109 | 114 | #1,483 |
| 2011 | 7 | 113 | 120 | #1,451 |
| 2010 | 5 | 135 | 140 | #1,286 |
| 2009 | 8 | 104 | 112 | #1,567 |
| 2008 | 9 | 108 | 117 | #1,512 |
| 2007 | 5 | 125 | 130 | #1,345 |
| 2006 | 8 | 131 | 139 | #1,275 |
| 2005 | 6 | 115 | 121 | #1,317 |
| 2004 | 12 | 115 | 127 | #1,297 |
| 2003 | 12 | 97 | 109 | #1,387 |
| 2002 | 7 | 84 | 91 | #1,500 |
| 2001 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,247 |
| 2000 | 5 | 98 | 103 | #1,318 |
| 1999 | 9 | 67 | 76 | #1,611 |
| 1998 | — | 63 | 63 | #1,653 |
| 1997 | 13 | 51 | 64 | #1,846 |
| 1996 | 8 | 51 | 59 | #1,799 |
| 1995 | 10 | 69 | 79 | #1,443 |
| 1994 | 6 | 46 | 52 | #1,860 |
| 1993 | — | 33 | 33 | #2,317 |
| 1992 | 5 | 42 | 47 | #1,933 |
| 1991 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,810 |
| 1990 | — | 32 | 32 | #2,238 |
| 1989 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #2,657 |
| 1988 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,928 |
| 1987 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,783 |
| 1986 | — | 29 | 29 | #2,029 |
| 1985 | — | 16 | 16 | #3,014 |
| 1984 | — | 13 | 13 | #3,360 |
| 1983 | — | 14 | 14 | #3,151 |
| 1982 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,655 |
| 1981 | — | 24 | 24 | #2,183 |
| 1980 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,495 |
| 1979 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,210 |
| 1978 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,637 |
| 1977 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,935 |
| 1976 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,597 |
| 1975 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,930 |
| 1974 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,866 |
| 1973 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,772 |
| 1972 | 5 | 24 | 29 | #1,864 |
| 1971 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,663 |
| 1970 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,394 |
| 1969 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,725 |
| 1968 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,701 |
| 1967 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,334 |
| 1966 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,439 |
| 1965 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,596 |
| 1964 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,246 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,465 |
| 1960 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,311 |
| 1958 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1954 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,282 |
| 1950 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,670 |