Masculine dossier · first seen 1966

Karson

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Karson
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2018

Peak rank proxy

1,344

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Alpha

1966Peak 20182024

Peak year

2018

Decline from peak

39.5%

2024

813

All-time

20,690

Karson has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2018, when 1,344 boys were named Karson.

In 2024, only 813 boys were given the name.

Down 39.5% from its peak.

All told, about 20,690 Americans have been named Karson and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1966.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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