first name
CARSON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 110,436 people named Carson, 84.3% reported their origin as White, 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.5% as Black. 93.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Carson peaked in 2018, when 5,466 babies got the name.
At least 140,887 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Carson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #126. The largest share of babies named Carson, 48.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Carson is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carson has been most common in Utah (3×), Idaho (2.4×), and Nevada (1.9×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.17×).
134,107 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Carson
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Carson, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Carson ranks #608 of 156,621, with 54,032 people. See Carson as a last name
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