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Carson
Pronounced /ˈkɑɹ.sən/
Rank in 2024
#124
Born in 2024
2,890
Peak year
2018 · #70
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:173 in 2024 (#1,323)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,890 boys were named Carson, about 1 in every 594.
- It peaked in 2018 with 5,259 babies, ranked #70.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 129,861 boys have been named Carson since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Carson per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 2.0Gen Z1997–12
- 2.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,756 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Silent: 1,713 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,181 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,747 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,283 babies, 0.24 per 1,000. Gen Z: 64,118 babies, 2.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 50,865 babies, 2.34 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Could originate from the Gaelic name "Carr" or "Carra", meaning "rock" or "fort," combined with "son", thus "son of Carr.".
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- (rare) A female given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈkɑɹ.sən/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Carson, CC BY-SA 4.0.