first name
KARSON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,154 people named Karson, 70% reported their origin as White, 16.5% as Black and 6.4% as two or more races. 88.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Karson peaked in 2018, when 1,413 babies got the name.
At least 23,500 babies have been given the name since 1966. 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.
Karson by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #591. The largest share of babies named Karson, 63.5%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Karson is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karson has been most common in Utah (2.9×), Mississippi (2.6×), and Louisiana (2.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.13×).
20,488 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 Karson
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karson, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Karson ranks #43,557 of 156,621, with 534 people. See Karson as a last name
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