Carlson — #6213 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Carlson

The Social Security Administration has registered 742 babies named Carlson between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carlson currently holds the #6213 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Carlson performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Carlson shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Carlson in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Carlson in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 742 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.