Corson

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Corson by the numbers

Corson was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 6 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Corson

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Carsonson of the marsh-dweller4,910 in the US (2017)
  • Colsoncoal-black; son of Cole321 in the US (2017)
  • Corion7 in the US (2017)
  • Coltondark settlement; coal town5,261 in the US (2017)
  • Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
  • Carsynson of the marsh dweller; a respelling of Carson296 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Corson

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