Carson is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2018 and has grown less common since.
Carson is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #124 among boys (2,883) and #1,174 among girls (197) — overall #204 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3,080 | 3,080 | #1,174 | #124 |
| 2024 | 3,074 | 3,074 | #1,328 | #124 |
| 2023 | 3,398 | 3,398 | #1,239 | #112 |
| 2022 | 3,578 | 3,578 | #1,368 | #110 |
| 2021 | 3,949 | 3,949 | #1,312 | #97 |
| 2020 | 4,398 | 4,398 | #1,159 | #84 |
| 2019 | 4,688 | 4,688 | #1,360 | #82 |
| 2018 | 5,466 | 5,466 | #1,163 | #70 |
| 2017 | 4,959 | 4,959 | #1,237 | #83 |
| 2016 | 5,117 | 5,117 | #1,291 | #81 |
| 2015 | 4,939 | 4,939 | #1,330 | #89 |
| 2014 | 4,798 | 4,798 | #1,352 | #91 |
| 2013 | 4,692 | 4,692 | #1,468 | #90 |
| 2012 | 4,750 | 4,750 | #1,478 | #87 |
| 2011 | 5,106 | 5,106 | #1,316 | #85 |
| 2010 | 5,287 | 5,287 | #1,264 | #82 |
| 2009 | 5,185 | 5,185 | #1,288 | #88 |
| 2008 | 5,329 | 5,329 | #1,243 | #89 |
| 2007 | 5,320 | 5,320 | #1,241 | #91 |
| 2006 | 5,224 | 5,224 | #1,152 | #87 |
| 2005 | 4,568 | 4,568 | #1,105 | #101 |
| 2004 | 4,615 | 4,615 | #997 | #101 |
| 2003 | 5,141 | 5,141 | #862 | #89 |
| 2002 | 3,893 | 3,893 | #800 | #105 |
| 2001 | 4,295 | 4,295 | #705 | #95 |
| 2000 | 3,616 | 3,616 | #655 | #119 |
| 1999 | 2,794 | 2,794 | #561 | #156 |
| 1998 | 1,770 | 1,770 | #730 | #218 |
| 1997 | 1,298 | — | #825 | #268 |
| 1996 | 1,261 | — | #811 | #275 |
| 1995 | 1,097 | — | #925 | #297 |
| 1994 | 1,037 | — | #926 | #314 |
| 1993 | 888 | — | #981 | #346 |
| 1992 | 864 | — | #952 | #358 |
| 1991 | 666 | — | #1,291 | #421 |
| 1990 | 539 | — | #1,991 | #456 |
| 1989 | 413 | — | #2,996 | #490 |
| 1988 | 313 | — | #3,238 | #547 |
| 1987 | 273 | — | #3,765 | #574 |
| 1986 | 279 | — | #3,289 | #561 |
| 1985 | 280 | — | #3,527 | #548 |
| 1984 | 239 | — | #4,183 | #571 |
| 1983 | 200 | — | #4,709 | #627 |
| 1982 | 207 | — | #4,191 | #633 |
| 1981 | 190 | — | #3,265 | #675 |
| 1980 | 175 | — | #4,016 | #697 |
| 1979 | 170 | — | #4,445 | #689 |
| 1978 | 150 | — | #4,970 | #717 |
| 1977 | 149 | — | #4,689 | #737 |
| 1976 | 151 | — | #5,255 | #701 |
| 1975 | 143 | — | #3,413 | #750 |
| 1974 | 112 | — | #5,814 | #786 |
| 1973 | 112 | — | #4,917 | #790 |
| 1972 | 111 | — | #6,021 | #788 |
| 1971 | 92 | — | #6,075 | #887 |
| 1970 | 104 | — | — | #798 |
| 1969 | 90 | — | #4,753 | #856 |
| 1968 | 92 | — | #7,135 | #796 |
| 1967 | 71 | — | — | #849 |
| 1966 | 79 | — | — | #821 |
| 1965 | 89 | — | — | #786 |
| 1964 | 85 | — | — | #816 |
| 1963 | 87 | — | — | #813 |
| 1962 | 93 | — | #4,919 | #824 |
| 1961 | 106 | — | — | #750 |
| 1960 | 90 | — | — | #805 |
| 1959 | 104 | — | #5,634 | #773 |
| 1958 | 99 | — | — | #740 |
| 1957 | 108 | — | — | #720 |
| 1956 | 118 | — | #6,075 | #694 |
| 1955 | 126 | — | — | #654 |
| 1954 | 136 | — | — | #632 |
| 1953 | 153 | — | #3,291 | #611 |
| 1952 | 128 | — | #4,544 | #638 |
| 1951 | 159 | — | #3,750 | #559 |
| 1950 | 127 | — | #4,372 | #626 |
| 1949 | 138 | — | #5,335 | #587 |
| 1948 | 123 | — | #4,740 | #626 |
| 1947 | 146 | — | #3,278 | #584 |
| 1946 | 131 | — | — | #557 |
| 1945 | 98 | — | — | #611 |
| 1944 | 69 | — | — | #746 |
| 1943 | 122 | — | — | #572 |
| 1942 | 115 | — | — | #580 |
| 1941 | 97 | — | — | #609 |
| 1940 | 106 | — | — | #577 |
| 1939 | 117 | — | — | #531 |
| 1938 | 87 | — | — | #642 |
| 1937 | 99 | — | — | #579 |
| 1936 | 89 | — | — | #618 |
| 1935 | 84 | — | — | #648 |
| 1934 | 84 | — | — | #658 |
| 1933 | 71 | — | — | #722 |
| 1932 | 111 | — | — | #560 |
| 1931 | 86 | — | — | #638 |
| 1930 | 105 | — | — | #584 |
| 1929 | 72 | — | — | #744 |
| 1928 | 101 | — | — | #608 |
| 1927 | 105 | — | — | #609 |
| 1926 | 113 | — | — | #586 |
| 1925 | 103 | — | — | #617 |
| 1924 | 132 | — | — | #549 |
| 1923 | 108 | — | — | #611 |
| 1922 | 120 | — | — | #586 |
| 1921 | 97 | — | — | #656 |
| 1920 | 99 | — | — | #632 |
| 1919 | 103 | — | — | #594 |
| 1918 | 103 | — | — | #605 |
| 1917 | 90 | — | — | #624 |
| 1916 | 113 | — | — | #540 |
| 1915 | 95 | — | — | #583 |
| 1914 | 96 | — | — | #500 |
| 1913 | 47 | — | — | #652 |
| 1912 | 45 | — | — | #611 |
| 1911 | 37 | — | — | #482 |
| 1910 | 24 | — | — | #582 |
| 1909 | 22 | — | — | #558 |
| 1908 | 12 | — | — | #787 |
| 1907 | 15 | — | — | #674 |
| 1906 | 13 | — | — | #681 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | — | #705 |
| 1904 | 10 | — | — | #769 |
| 1903 | 14 | — | — | #601 |
| 1902 | 17 | — | — | #525 |
| 1901 | 11 | — | — | #642 |
| 1900 | 16 | — | — | #628 |
| 1899 | 10 | — | — | #669 |
| 1898 | 16 | — | — | #525 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | — | #1,088 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | — | #837 |
| 1895 | 10 | — | — | #699 |
| 1894 | 12 | — | — | #600 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1892 | 12 | — | — | #608 |
| 1891 | 7 | — | — | #780 |
| 1890 | 8 | — | — | #756 |
| 1889 | 7 | — | — | #810 |
| 1888 | 9 | — | — | #712 |
| 1887 | 14 | — | — | #463 |
| 1886 | 8 | — | — | #709 |
| 1885 | 9 | — | — | #654 |
| 1884 | 13 | — | — | #525 |
| 1882 | 14 | — | — | #495 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | — | #802 |
| 1880 | 9 | — | — | #644 |