girls:
1.1k births since 1990
#4650 (19th percentile)
boys:
3.9k births since 1985
#1980 (57th percentile)
overall:
5k births since 1985
#3874 (50th percentile)
The name Carsen is the #3,874 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,968 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 49.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,980 (56.8% percentile) for all time with 3,902 births since 1985. For girls, it ranks #4,650 (18.6% percentile) for all time with 1,066 births since 1990.
Carsen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (1985 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Carsen is available in 37 out of the 39 years between 1985 and 2023 (37 years for boys and 34 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Carsen has been given predominantly to boys, with 78.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 71.3% of babies named Carsen were boys.
For boys, Carsen reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 24.6% percentile (ranked #664) with 110 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 110 births per million (ranked 24.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Carsen ranks #819 for boys (10.1% percentile) with 53 births per million, which is 48.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Carsen reached its peak popularity in 1999, achieving the 5.2% percentile (ranked #840) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 1999, with 26 births per million (ranked 5.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Carsen ranks #913 for girls (3.6% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 85.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Carsen".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Carsen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Carsen is pronounced as KAHR-suhn, which has 2 syllables.
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