How rare is the name Karsen?

3,830 people in the United States have the first name Karsen, about 1 in 78,859. It ranks #4,747 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

KARSEN

#4,747

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,830
About
1 in 78,859
This common or more
84.5%
Who bears it

Of the 3,830 people named Karsen, 77.2% reported their origin as White, 11.2% as Black and 5.3% as two or more races. 63% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Karsen peaked in 2010, when 252 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19892025
Peak year
2010
Births that year
252
In 2025*
112 ▼56%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 5,227 babies have been given the name since 1989. 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.

Karsen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,973. The largest share of babies named Karsen, 48.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#29,8365
1990s#4,909407
2000s#2,4411,555
2010s#1,9732,345
2020s#2,675915
Millennials 1981–964.1%
Generation Z 1997–1247.4%
2013 and later48.5%

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 Karsen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karsen has been most common in Louisiana (3.4×), Utah (3.1×), and Texas (2.4×), and least common in New York (0.26×).

2,307 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.

Exactly as common as Karsen

1 other first name also has 3,830 people.

#4,747 Bernardino · 3,830

Either side of Karsen

#4,744 Malcom · 3,831#4,747 Bernardino · 3,830#4,749 Alyssia · 3,829#4,750 Loni · 3,828

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karsen, most common first.

#1,890 Karson · 15,154#3,066 Karsyn · 7,217#31,690 Karsin · 269

Also a last name

As a last name, Karsen ranks #103,399 of 156,621, with 185 people. See Karsen as a last name

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