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Boy's name · #453 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave
Karson reached #265 in 2018 and has eased to #453 since. About 21,000 boys have carried it since 1966.
In recent years, Karson ran 3–6× its national rate in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama—ranked #90 in Mississippi in 2025.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#269 in Scotland (2025) · #676 in Ireland (2025) · #885 in Canada (2025) · #1,007 in England & Wales (2025) · #5,463 in Ecuador (2025) · #395 in N. Ireland (2023) · #445 in New Zealand (2016).
Among 18 notable people named Karson:
Sports figures appear 3.48× more often than among typical names — e.g. Karson Kuhlman, American ice hockey player (born 1995).
Together with its spelling variant Carson (#124), Karson would rank around #99 with about 3,600 births last year — the newborns split about 81/19 between Carson and Karson.
Similar names: Carson · Jax · Kason · Rhys · Lawson · Karter
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