Girl & boy name
Carson
Carson holds the #124 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular boy names in the U.S. That amounts to 2,883 newborn boys in a single year. The name has been cooling off, slipping from #84 in 2020 to #124 today. Its strongest year on record was 2018 (#70 nationally, 5,259 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1880. The name's biggest fan base is in West Virginia (#36 there in 2025).
Rankings
Carson popularity, 1880–2025
Where Carson is most popular
Uniqueness score
A familiar pick that most people will recognize instantly. Based on how many babies per birth were named Carson in the most recent year of SSA data.
Carson as a girl name
As of 2025, Carson ranks #1173 among American girls' names, according to Social Security records. 197 girls received the name that year. The ranking has held remarkably steady over the last five years. SSA records for Carson go back to 1947; the peak came in 1999 at #560, with 447 babies named that year. Geographically, it's strongest in North Carolina, where it ranks #659 among girl names.