Carson

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A few things about Carson you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Carson

Carson McCullers

American writer (1917–1967)

Choose Carson and your child shares a first name with Carson McCullers, an American writer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Carson, like who?” Carson McCullers's Wikipedia article is available in 54 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Carl Van Vechten, 1959, CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 592 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Carson, 2,883 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Carson would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryCarson has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Carsons, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2018, when it reached #70.
• 🍂TrendCarson has slipped 40 places over the last five years and now sits at #124. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedCarson is most popular in West Virginia, where it ranks #36, followed by Kentucky (#50) and New Hampshire (#52). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.

About the name Carson

Carson is a boy name of English origin. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with C and ending in “-son”. US birth records list Carson for boys from 1880 to 2025, in 145 of those 146 years. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked #70 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #124, with 2,883 babies.

Origin:English names