Carsen — #1975 US boys' name
3,981 babies named Carsen in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 2010. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 86% of names given to boys today.
46% of everyone ever named Carsen was born in this single decade.
226 babies were named Carsen in 2010 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Carsen
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,981 babies named Carsen between 1985 and 2024, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Carsen currently holds the #1975 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 226 babies received it in a single year. Carsen is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,101 additional births since 1990.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Carsen performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,824 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Carsen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 236 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Carsen in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Carsen 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 3,981 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.
Carsen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Carsen popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1985
- Peak year (2010)
- 226
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
Currently ranks #1975 among boys.
3,981 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2010 with 226 births in a single year.
Carsen popularity over time — girls
1,101 total births recorded since 1990 (Carsen as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Carsen accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Carsen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,824 births that decade — 46% of Carsen's all-time total
Carsen decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,824 births
- Runner-up 1,362 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Carsen's strongest decade
1,824 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Carsen by state
Where Carsen concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 236 | 5.9% |
| #2 | California | | 184 | 4.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 158 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 155 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Wisconsin | | 153 | 3.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 126 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 106 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 95 | 2.4% |
236 of 3,981 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.9% of nationwide
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.0% of nationwide
- Michigan 3.9% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 34 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Carsen appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1985–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.