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Karsyn

#719 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Variant of Carson

Karsyn has been given to 12,267 babies in the U.S. since 1990. In 2025 it ranked #719 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 559 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 76% girls, 24% boys all-time.

Babies named Karsyn, 2025

1 in 8,500

Karsyn over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Karsyn went to 70% girls and 30% boys.

19902025

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.

Karsyn: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Carson

surname transfer

What Karsyn means

Karsyn is a variant of Carson.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Karsyn → Carson. The family’s meaning is “rock”, recorded in English.

Origin, language, and formation

Karsyn is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Karsyn is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Carson.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,369 girls were recorded with the name Karsyn between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 559 in 2018; its best national rank was #557 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #613 in 2020 to #719 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #630 in 2015 to #719 in 2025.

In the United States, 2,898 boys were recorded with the name Karsyn between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 365 in 2020; its best national rank was #698 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #698 in 2020 to #1,209 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,179 in 2015 to #1,209 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Karsyn?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 8,500
390 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 4,120
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#719
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
5,893 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Karsyn sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 1001%
School of 5006%

Put another way: gather 5,893 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Karsyn. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Karsyns were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Karsyn was born before 2016 — so the typical Karsyn is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
47.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
9,369
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 47.3% of all recorded uses (4,428).

Is Karsyn 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
+36
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−106
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−89
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.86×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
69.8%
Peak was 2018 (559)
Years since peak
7
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#557
2018

Spellings of Karsyn

Karsyn is not the most common spelling — Karen is, with 76.9% against Karsyn's 0.73%.

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 Karsyn is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Karsyn was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 971 girls, against 1 in 2,951 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 33,333).

3103 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 971
  2. 2Nebraska1 in 1,031
  3. 3Louisiana1 in 1,064
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 1,220
  5. 5Mississippi1 in 1,250
  6. 6Kansas1 in 1,316
  7. 7Alabama1 in 1,333
  8. 8Kentucky1 in 1,333

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.

Geographically, Karsyn is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 64% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Karsyn is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Karsyn was most concentrated in Mississippi — about 1 in 1,667 boys, against 1 in 7,755 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

160 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Mississippi1 in 1,667
  2. 2Louisiana1 in 1,923
  3. 3Alabama1 in 2,128
  4. 4Georgia1 in 3,846
  5. 5Ohio1 in 4,167
  6. 6South Carolina1 in 4,348
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 5,263
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 5,263

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.

Karsyn around the world

Where Karsyn 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.

  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #2,104
    in 2024

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Karsyn by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#719
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 106
Best rank ever
#557
2018
Peak year
2018
559 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,369
Count in 2025
390

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,209
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 511
Best rank ever
#698
2020
Peak year
2020
365 that year
First recorded
2000
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,898
Count in 2025
168

Names similar to Karsyn

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

KarrieKarleyKarlieKarmenKarleeKarterKarolKarlyKarliKarmaKarenaKarisKarolynKarelyKarimeKarieKarlynKarmynKarymeKarriKarsonKarissaKarsenKarima

Names with a curve like Karsyn

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

GalileaMalayaIvannaHadassahMilanAlianaMilenaMilanaMadilynnLandryLeylaCharley

Sibling names for Karsyn

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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