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Karsen

#1,928 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Karsen has been given to 5,227 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #1,928 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 206 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% boys, 34% girls all-time.

Babies named Karsen, 2025

1 in 40,900

Karsen 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Karsen over time

In 2025, Karsen went to 28% girls and 72% boys.

19892025

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.

Karsen: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Karsen means

Karsen is a given name.

The naming story behind Karsen

Wikidata records Karsen as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q98669130, 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, 3,472 boys were recorded with the name Karsen between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 206 in 2018; its best national rank was #998 in 2012.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,248 in 2020 to #1,928 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,076 in 2015 to #1,928 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,755 girls were recorded with the name Karsen between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 97 in 2003; its best national rank was #1,889 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,747 in 2020 to #4,494 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,276 in 2015 to #4,494 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 Karsen?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 40,900
81 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 21,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,928
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
28,370 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Karsen 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 28,370 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Karsen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Karsens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Karsen was born before 2014 — so the typical Karsen is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
52.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
95.6%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,472
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 52.8% of all recorded uses (1,832).

Is Karsen 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
−83
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−680
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−852
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.44×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
39.3%
Peak was 2018 (206)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
15.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#998
2012

Spellings of Karsen

Karsen is not the most common spelling — Warren is, with 19.3% against Karsen's 0.36%.

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 Karsen is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Karsen was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 2,381 boys, against 1 in 15,018 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

142 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 2,381
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 2,857
  3. 3Alabama1 in 4,167
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 5,556
  5. 5Tennessee1 in 6,667
  6. 6Michigan1 in 7,692
  7. 7South Carolina1 in 9,091
  8. 8Georgia1 in 10,000

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 Karsen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Karsen was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 235,969 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 in 100,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 100,000
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 100,000
  4. 4Oklahoma1 in 100,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 100,000
  6. 6California1 in —
  7. 7Colorado1 in —
  8. 8Indiana1 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. Karsen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Karsen around the world

Where Karsen 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
    2009–2022
    #4,002
    in 2022
  • Canada
    2000–2023
    #2,436
    in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Karsen

People whose public names include Karsen, 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.

Karsen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,928
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 680
Best rank ever
#998
2012
Peak year
2018
206 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,472
Count in 2025
81

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,494
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 747
Best rank ever
#1,889
2003
Peak year
2003
97 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,755
Count in 2025
31

Names similar to Karsen

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

KarsynKarlosKarstenKaronBrysenJaysenCarsenKarimKartierKaramKaisenKaranKarthikCaysenKareemKarmeloChosenJansenChasenKarsonJaxsenKaysenKarloKartik

Names with a curve like Karsen

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

BrysenCorbynKorbynRylenBraysonBraylinCamdynTaydenChevyFinnianKaidynMaddux

Sibling names for Karsen

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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