Carson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #205 for boy births in the United States, given to 3,080 babies. Carson first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 2018 (5,466 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,080 | #205 |
| 2024 | 3,074 | #201 |
| 2023 | 3,398 | #179 |
| 2022 | 3,578 | #171 |
| 2021 | 3,949 | #153 |
| 2020 | 4,398 | #134 |
| 2019 | 4,688 | #126 |
| 2018 | 5,466 | #105 |
| 2017 | 4,959 | #125 |
| 2016 | 5,117 | #122 |
| 2015 | 4,939 | #137 |
| 2014 | 4,798 | #141 |
| 2013 | 4,692 | #140 |
| 2012 | 4,750 | #137 |
| 2011 | 5,106 | #132 |
| 2010 | 5,287 | #126 |
| 2009 | 5,185 | #133 |
| 2008 | 5,329 | #138 |
| 2007 | 5,320 | #140 |
| 2006 | 5,224 | #142 |
| 2005 | 4,568 | #165 |
| 2004 | 4,615 | #165 |
| 2003 | 5,141 | #142 |
| 2002 | 3,893 | #182 |
| 2001 | 4,295 | #163 |
| 2000 | 3,616 | #198 |
| 1999 | 2,794 | #259 |
| 1998 | 1,770 | #366 |
| 1997 | 1,298 | #472 |
| 1996 | 1,261 | #468 |
| 1995 | 1,097 | #514 |
| 1994 | 1,037 | #543 |
| 1993 | 888 | #609 |
| 1992 | 864 | #626 |
| 1991 | 666 | #747 |
| 1990 | 539 | #882 |
| 1989 | 413 | #1,021 |
| 1988 | 313 | #1,145 |
| 1987 | 273 | #1,208 |
| 1986 | 279 | #1,173 |
| 1985 | 280 | #1,151 |
| 1984 | 239 | #1,231 |
| 1983 | 200 | #1,365 |
| 1982 | 207 | #1,358 |
| 1981 | 190 | #1,425 |
| 1980 | 175 | #1,501 |
| 1979 | 170 | #1,515 |
| 1978 | 150 | #1,586 |
| 1977 | 149 | #1,594 |
| 1976 | 151 | #1,519 |
| 1975 | 143 | #1,573 |
| 1974 | 112 | #1,777 |
| 1973 | 112 | #1,755 |
| 1972 | 111 | #1,756 |
| 1971 | 92 | #1,999 |
| 1970 | 104 | #1,863 |
| 1969 | 90 | #1,931 |
| 1968 | 92 | #1,837 |
| 1967 | 71 | #2,073 |
| 1966 | 79 | #1,971 |
| 1965 | 89 | #1,863 |
| 1964 | 85 | #1,961 |
| 1963 | 87 | #1,933 |
| 1962 | 93 | #1,866 |
| 1961 | 106 | #1,767 |
| 1960 | 90 | #1,896 |
| 1959 | 104 | #1,752 |
| 1958 | 99 | #1,749 |
| 1957 | 108 | #1,682 |
| 1956 | 118 | #1,572 |
| 1955 | 126 | #1,483 |
| 1954 | 136 | #1,394 |
| 1953 | 153 | #1,289 |
| 1952 | 128 | #1,383 |
| 1951 | 159 | #1,213 |
| 1950 | 127 | #1,342 |
| 1949 | 138 | #1,266 |
| 1948 | 123 | #1,343 |
| 1947 | 146 | #1,228 |
| 1946 | 131 | #1,225 |
| 1945 | 98 | #1,326 |
| 1944 | 69 | #1,628 |
| 1943 | 122 | #1,224 |
| 1942 | 115 | #1,240 |
| 1941 | 97 | #1,289 |
| 1940 | 106 | #1,214 |
| 1939 | 117 | #1,122 |
| 1938 | 87 | #1,342 |
| 1937 | 99 | #1,234 |
| 1936 | 89 | #1,297 |
| 1935 | 84 | #1,338 |
| 1934 | 84 | #1,349 |
| 1933 | 71 | #1,462 |
| 1932 | 111 | #1,170 |
| 1931 | 86 | #1,327 |
| 1930 | 105 | #1,227 |
| 1929 | 72 | #1,529 |
| 1928 | 101 | #1,282 |
| 1927 | 105 | #1,281 |
| 1926 | 113 | #1,251 |
| 1925 | 103 | #1,312 |
| 1924 | 132 | #1,182 |
| 1923 | 108 | #1,295 |
| 1922 | 120 | #1,227 |
| 1921 | 97 | #1,371 |
| 1920 | 99 | #1,342 |
| 1919 | 103 | #1,273 |
| 1918 | 103 | #1,296 |
| 1917 | 90 | #1,350 |
| 1916 | 113 | #1,160 |
| 1915 | 95 | #1,245 |
| 1914 | 96 | #1,071 |
| 1913 | 47 | #1,400 |
| 1912 | 45 | #1,337 |
| 1911 | 37 | #1,189 |
| 1910 | 24 | #1,438 |
| 1909 | 22 | #1,405 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,919 |
| 1907 | 15 | #1,623 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,683 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,738 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,861 |
| 1903 | 14 | #1,501 |
| 1902 | 17 | #1,357 |
| 1901 | 11 | #1,614 |
| 1900 | 16 | #1,540 |
| 1899 | 10 | #1,664 |
| 1898 | 16 | #1,364 |
| 1897 | 5 | #2,430 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,945 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,698 |
| 1894 | 12 | #1,491 |
| 1893 | 5 | #2,328 |
| 1892 | 12 | #1,446 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,788 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,696 |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,746 |
| 1888 | 9 | #1,572 |
| 1887 | 14 | #1,088 |
| 1886 | 8 | #1,509 |
| 1885 | 9 | #1,375 |
| 1884 | 13 | #1,119 |
| 1882 | 14 | #1,003 |
| 1881 | 6 | #1,516 |
| 1880 | 9 | #1,238 |