Carsten is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2011 and has since faded.
Carsten is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,272 for boy births in the United States (and #9,139 across all names), given to 24 babies. Carsten first appears in 1912 and peaked in 2011 (129 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,272 |
| 2024 | 21 | 21 | — | #4,730 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | — | #3,483 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,973 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | — | #3,081 |
| 2020 | 58 | 58 | #15,584 | #2,439 |
| 2019 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,316 |
| 2018 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,286 |
| 2017 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,809 |
| 2016 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,092 |
| 2015 | 89 | 89 | #16,972 | #1,792 |
| 2014 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,658 |
| 2013 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,500 |
| 2012 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,368 |
| 2011 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,320 |
| 2010 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,425 |
| 2009 | 91 | 91 | — | #1,708 |
| 2008 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,441 |
| 2007 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,594 |
| 2006 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,740 |
| 2005 | 59 | 59 | — | #2,087 |
| 2004 | 68 | 68 | — | #1,819 |
| 2003 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,057 |
| 2002 | 46 | 46 | — | #2,256 |
| 2001 | 54 | 54 | — | #1,987 |
| 2000 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,258 |
| 1999 | 33 | 33 | — | #2,617 |
| 1998 | 36 | 36 | — | #2,400 |
| 1997 | 28 | — | — | #2,761 |
| 1996 | 18 | — | — | #3,700 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | — | #3,448 |
| 1994 | 23 | — | — | #3,039 |
| 1993 | 21 | — | — | #3,162 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | — | #2,918 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | — | #4,809 |
| 1990 | 18 | — | — | #3,330 |
| 1989 | 9 | — | — | #5,224 |
| 1988 | 10 | — | — | #4,495 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | — | #3,219 |
| 1986 | 11 | — | — | #3,915 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | — | #4,258 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | — | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 9 | — | — | #4,197 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | — | #4,556 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #5,923 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | — | #3,882 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | — | #4,059 |
| 1975 | 9 | — | — | #3,693 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | — | #3,261 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | — | #2,551 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | — | #3,704 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | — | #3,095 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | — | #3,142 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | — | #3,024 |
| 1966 | 10 | — | — | #2,650 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | — | #2,814 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | — | #2,324 |
| 1963 | 6 | — | — | #3,697 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | — | #3,402 |
| 1960 | 5 | — | — | #4,115 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,066 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | — | #3,899 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | — | #3,888 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | — | #3,166 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | — | #3,314 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | — | #3,049 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | — | #3,115 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | — | #3,838 |
| 1926 | 5 | — | — | #4,293 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | — | #4,293 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | — | #4,448 |
| 1923 | 10 | — | — | #2,793 |
| 1922 | 7 | — | — | #3,579 |
| 1921 | 7 | — | — | #3,574 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | — | #3,889 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | — | #3,153 |
| 1917 | 7 | — | — | #3,270 |
| 1914 | 5 | — | — | #3,330 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | — | #2,323 |