Carsen
Feminine
Carsen is given to both — 1,131 girls and 4,046 boys since 1880. See Carsen as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Carsen respells Carson, a Scottish border surname whose origin has never been settled.
How old is the name Carsen?
Carsen first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Carsen alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 1,100 people named Carsen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Carsen most popular?
Carsen peaked in 1999, reaching #2703 nationally. Today it ranks #4546, 1,843 places below that high. See the whole 1999 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Carsen
Ours, offered as ours. The Scottish borders produced a large number of surnames whose origins are lost, because the region spent centuries as a lawless zone between two kingdoms where record-keeping was thin and families moved constantly. Carson, Armstrong, Elliot and Graham all come from there. The uncertainty is not carelessness by later scholars; the documents were never made in the first place.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
Carson is a surname from the Scottish borders and its derivation is genuinely disputed — proposals include a place name, a form of Curzon brought by Normans, and son of Carr. None has been established.
Pronouncing Carsen
KAR-sen
Two syllables, first stressed. Carsen and Carson are said identically.
Nicknames for Carsen
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most girls named
- 199951 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2703reached in 1999
- Change vs 2024
- −11.8%30 in 2025, from 34
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Carsen in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Carson in English — spelling variant
- Carson in Scottish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Carsens among us
people named Carsen are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 53,576 born in 2025 was named Carsen
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Carsen
- #4546
- Carsen on the 2025 chart
- #899
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Carsen went to 30 girls in 2025, but Karsen is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 61, which makes it the 899th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,647 places above the chart.
- Karsen31
- Carsen30
About 1 girl in 26,349 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 53,576 for Carsen itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Reesa test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Carsen's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Reesa climbed just as high around 1963, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Reesa's path sketches the road Carsen is walking now.
Carsen sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Carsen is headed
Carsen should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Carsen beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Carsen in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Six letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- A genuine Scottish border surname with a long record.
- Carson is the standard spelling and will be written for her constantly.
- It is used more often for boys, so forms may guess wrong.
- The origin is genuinely unknown rather than merely disputed.
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Frequently asked
- How many Carsens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Carsen are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Carsen?
- Carsen is one of 2 recorded spellings. Karsen is the more common one — 31 births in 2025 against 30 for Carsen.
- How popular is the name Carsen in 2025?
- Carsen ranks #4546 among US girl names in 2025, with 30 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Carsen?
- About 1 in every 53,576 US girls born in 2025 was named Carsen — 30 in all.
- Will my child share the name Carsen with classmates?
- Carsen will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Carsen
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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