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Carsen

#2,185 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Carsen has been given to 5,177 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #2,185 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 226 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Carsen, 2025

1 in 51,000

Carsen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Carsen over time

In 2025, Carsen went to 32% girls and 68% boys.

19852025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Carsen: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Carsen means

Carsen is a given name.

The naming story behind Carsen

Wikidata records Carsen as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q98651371, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,046 boys were recorded with the name Carsen between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 226 in 2010; its best national rank was #901 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,251 in 2020 to #2,185 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,148 in 2015 to #2,185 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,131 girls were recorded with the name Carsen between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 51 in 1999; its best national rank was #2,701 in 1999.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,188 in 2020 to #4,576 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,241 in 2015 to #4,576 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Carsen?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 51,000
65 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 26,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,185
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
35,353 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Carsen sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 35,353 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Carsen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Carsens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Carsen was born before 2012 — so the typical Carsen is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
45.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,046
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 45.1% of all recorded uses (1,824).

Is Carsen rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−211
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−934
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,037
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.40×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
28.8%
Peak was 2010 (226)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#901
2010

Spellings of Carsen

Carsen is not the most common spelling — Carter is, with 17.2% against Carsen's 0.34%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Carsen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Carsen was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 3,846 boys, against 1 in 17,483 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

126 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 3,846
  2. 2Alabama1 in 6,667
  3. 3Wisconsin1 in 7,692
  4. 4Indiana1 in 9,091
  5. 5Louisiana1 in 9,091
  6. 6Michigan1 in 10,000
  7. 7Georgia1 in 11,111
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Carsen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Carsen was most concentrated in Alabama — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 665,895 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Alabama1 in —
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5Michigan1 in —
  6. 6North Carolina1 in —
  7. 7Tennessee1 in —
  8. 8Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Carsen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Carsen around the world

Where Carsen ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2011–2025
    #5,137
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2016–2016
    #707
    in 2016
  • Canada
    1998–2022
    #2,602
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    1987–1987
    #464
    in 1987

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Carsen

People whose public names include Carsen, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Carsen by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,185
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 934
Best rank ever
#901
2010
Peak year
2010
226 that year
First recorded
1985
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,046
Count in 2025
65

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,576
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 612
Best rank ever
#2,701
1999
Peak year
1999
51 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,131
Count in 2025
30

Names similar to Carsen

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

CarverCarlinCarsynCarlyleCarnellCarmelCartierCardellCarstenBrysenKarsenCarmenJaysenCarrolKaisenKaysenCaysenChosenCarlitoJansenChasenCarmeloJaxsenCarmine

Names with a curve like Carsen

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Carsen, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MakhiIzayahKellerSiddharthArmaanDaylenCamrynZavionHaidenJayvionKamrenMalaki

Sibling names for Carsen

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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