Karsyn — #756 US unisex name
8,972 babies named Karsyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Karsyn was born in this single decade.
559 babies were named Karsyn in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Karsyn
The Social Security Administration has registered 8,972 babies named Karsyn between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Karsyn currently holds the #756 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 559 babies received it in a single year. Karsyn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 2,729 additional births since 2000.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Karsyn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,426 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Karsyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,141 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Karsyn in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Karsyn 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 8,972 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.
Karsyn at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Karsyn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2018)
- 559
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #756 among girls.
8,972 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 559 births in a single year.
Karsyn popularity over time — boys
2,729 total births recorded since 2000 (Karsyn as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Karsyn accounts for 23% of total recorded use across both genders.
Karsyn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 4,426 births that decade — 49% of Karsyn's all-time total
Karsyn decade highlights
- Peak decade 4,426 births
- Runner-up 2,255 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Karsyn's strongest decade
4,426 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Karsyn by state
Where Karsyn concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,141 | 12.7% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 445 | 5.0% |
| #3 | California | | 405 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 400 | 4.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 359 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 349 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 326 | 3.6% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 309 | 3.4% |
1,141 of 8,972 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.7% of nationwide
- North Carolina 5.0% of nationwide
- California 4.5% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Karsyn appears in 40 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, 1990–2024 (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.