Carsten
Recorded 1912–2025 · United States
Carsten was most popular in 2011, when 129 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,935 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,082, with 24 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,377 people named Carsten.
Carsten over time
How old is the name Carsten?
Carsten first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1912, which makes it about 113 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 79 of the 114 years since.
How many people are named Carsten?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,377 American births named Carsten 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 2,223 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Carsten in 2025?
24 American babies were named Carsten in 2025, ranking #9,082 that year.
Is Carsten getting more or less popular?
Carsten is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 32 births a year, against 108 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -71% 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.
Is Carsten a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Carsten is a boy’s name — 0.4% of the 2,377 Americans given it were girls and 99.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 1% girls and 99% 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.
How old is someone named Carsten?
Roughly 2,223 Americans named Carsten are alive today — 94% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 17 years old, and half are between 12 and 24. That is a narrow band because Carsten 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.
Where Carsten is most concentrated
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