Carson

A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning son of the marsh-dweller.

Babies a year
4,910
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#124
down from #123
UK popularity
#401
101 babies · down from #328

How Carson has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#58#97#136201520202025#124

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#89
2016#81
2017#83
2018#70
2019#82
2020#84
2021#97
2022#110
2023#111
2024#123
2025#124

Carson by the numbers

In 2025, 101 babies in England and Wales were named Carson. In the US, 4,910 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 5,126 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

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Carson as a share of American babies born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carson. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Carsynson of the marsh dweller; a respelling of Carson296 in the US (2017)
  • Carsenson of the marsh dweller; a variant of Carson227 in the US (2017)
  • Carlsonson of Carl; free man17 in the US (2017)
  • Cason572 in the US (2017)
  • Cayson477 in the US (2017)
  • Caison56 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Carson

Names that are said the same way as Carson, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Karsonfollower of Christ; a modern respelling of Karsten1,320 in the US (2017)
  • Karsenfollower of Christ; a modern respelling of Karsten234 in the US (2017)
  • Karsyn687 in the US (2017)
  • Kharson18 in the US (2017)
  • Karcyn15 in the US (2017)
  • Karsin13 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Carson

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