Recorded 1985–2025 · United States
Carsen was most popular in 2010, when 259 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,791 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,652, with 95 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,177 people named Carsen.
Carsen first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1985, which makes it about 40 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 39 of the 41 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,177 American births named Carsen between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,120 are estimated to be alive today.
95 American babies were named Carsen in 2025, ranking #3,652 that year.
Carsen is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 127 births a year, against 214 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -40% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Carsen is a unisex name — 21.9% of the 5,177 Americans given it were girls and 78.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1997 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 20% girls and 80% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 5,120 Americans named Carsen are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 15 years old, and half are between 9 and 21. That is a narrow band because Carsen is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org