Carlson is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2016 and has grown less common since.
Carlson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #12,360 for boy births in the United States (and #25,480 across all names), given to 5 babies. Carlson was first reported in SSA data in 1920 and peaked in 2016 (19 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | #12,360 |
| 2024 | 14 | 14 | #6,244 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | #6,968 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2020 | 8 | 8 | #8,877 |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2018 | 11 | 11 | #7,209 |
| 2017 | 18 | 18 | #5,138 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | #4,977 |
| 2015 | 17 | 17 | #5,335 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10 | #7,621 |
| 2012 | 9 | 9 | #8,263 |
| 2011 | 12 | 12 | #6,653 |
| 2010 | 9 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2009 | 8 | 8 | #9,114 |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | #7,280 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #8,286 |
| 2006 | 14 | 14 | #5,828 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | #6,286 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #5,859 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #6,803 |
| 2002 | 13 | 13 | #5,441 |
| 2001 | 12 | 12 | #5,726 |
| 2000 | 15 | 15 | #4,816 |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #8,858 |
| 1998 | 15 | 15 | #4,443 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #7,394 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #8,097 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #5,176 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #6,451 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | #6,293 |
| 1992 | 11 | — | #4,920 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | #5,141 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #5,040 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | #5,707 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | #4,194 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #5,566 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #6,869 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #6,670 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #5,672 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #4,998 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #6,409 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | #4,874 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | #2,563 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | #4,119 |
| 1972 | 6 | — | #4,507 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #4,456 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | #3,899 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #3,643 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | #3,413 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | #4,038 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | #3,986 |
| 1963 | 8 | — | #3,082 |
| 1961 | 8 | — | #3,129 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #2,330 |
| 1959 | 13 | — | #2,314 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #4,029 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #3,049 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #4,018 |
| 1955 | 7 | — | #3,236 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #2,332 |
| 1953 | 7 | — | #3,178 |
| 1952 | 10 | — | #2,542 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #3,790 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #2,635 |
| 1948 | 9 | — | #2,631 |
| 1947 | 7 | — | #3,121 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #3,221 |
| 1945 | 5 | — | #3,391 |
| 1944 | 10 | — | #2,330 |
| 1943 | 11 | — | #2,297 |
| 1941 | 7 | — | #2,909 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | #2,868 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,678 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #2,664 |
| 1929 | 8 | — | #3,023 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | #3,766 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | #4,292 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #3,939 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | #3,937 |
| 1920 | 10 | — | #2,800 |