Karson is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #872 for boy births in the United States, given to 732 babies. Karson first appears in the data in 1966 and reached its peak in 2018 (1,413 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 732 | #872 |
| 2024 | 871 | #747 |
| 2023 | 1,036 | #637 |
| 2022 | 1,045 | #644 |
| 2021 | 1,137 | #589 |
| 2020 | 1,342 | #488 |
| 2019 | 1,386 | #501 |
| 2018 | 1,413 | #486 |
| 2017 | 1,333 | #516 |
| 2016 | 1,188 | #573 |
| 2015 | 1,292 | #543 |
| 2014 | 1,092 | #622 |
| 2013 | 1,054 | #628 |
| 2012 | 901 | #703 |
| 2011 | 878 | #716 |
| 2010 | 828 | #753 |
| 2009 | 678 | #885 |
| 2008 | 616 | #960 |
| 2007 | 520 | #1,084 |
| 2006 | 504 | #1,090 |
| 2005 | 456 | #1,148 |
| 2004 | 421 | #1,196 |
| 2003 | 421 | #1,177 |
| 2002 | 332 | #1,340 |
| 2001 | 343 | #1,295 |
| 2000 | 326 | #1,303 |
| 1999 | 255 | #1,506 |
| 1998 | 152 | #2,117 |
| 1997 | 129 | #2,302 |
| 1996 | 126 | #2,305 |
| 1995 | 103 | #2,599 |
| 1994 | 113 | #2,434 |
| 1993 | 95 | #2,690 |
| 1992 | 93 | #2,727 |
| 1991 | 56 | #3,771 |
| 1990 | 34 | #5,216 |
| 1989 | 26 | #6,080 |
| 1988 | 27 | #5,578 |
| 1987 | 17 | #7,368 |
| 1986 | 12 | #9,093 |
| 1985 | 17 | #7,034 |
| 1984 | 9 | #10,632 |
| 1983 | 15 | #7,372 |
| 1982 | 5 | #16,351 |
| 1981 | 9 | #10,656 |
| 1980 | 17 | #6,856 |
| 1979 | 10 | #9,704 |
| 1978 | 6 | #13,226 |
| 1976 | 7 | #11,428 |
| 1975 | 5 | #14,203 |
| 1974 | 6 | #12,030 |
| 1973 | 6 | #11,722 |
| 1966 | 5 | #11,005 |