Karston — #4633 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Karston

The Social Security Administration has registered 681 babies named Karston between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Karston currently holds the #4633 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Karston performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 296 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Karston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Karston in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Karston 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 681 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.