Carson
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Carson
Carson is one of the most long-running popular androgynous baby names, with a dash of the Wild West via the legendary Missouri frontiersman Kit Carson. Dating back to when it was the name of Nancy Drew's Dad, Carson is still steadily in the Top 200 baby names.
Carson for boys#124 US
Current Carsons include TV personalities Carson Daly and Carson Kressley, and Pro Bowl quarterback Carson Palmer. Carson Wells was the bounty hunter character played by Woody Harrelson in No Country for Old Men, and Carson is the name chosen by actress Kathryn Erbe for her son.
Although its best known namesake is writer Carson McCullers, Carson has not caught on as a girl's name.
Carson for girls#1174 US
Very popular surname choice — it's in the Boys' Top 100 — beginning to catch on for girls. First female association: novelist Carson McCullers.
Pronounced KAR-sun.
As of October 2026, Carson ranked #124 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #70 in 2018, Nameberry popularity #255.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #91 | 4,624 | #1,351 | 173 |
| 2015 | #89 | 4,760 | #1,330 | 178 |
| 2016 | #81 | 4,931 | #1,291 | 186 |
| 2017 | #83 | 4,765 | #1,237 | 193 |
| 2018 | #70 | 5,259 | #1,163 | 207 |
| 2019 | #82 | 4,520 | #1,360 | 166 |
| 2020 | #84 | 4,193 | #1,159 | 202 |
| 2021 | #97 | 3,769 | #1,311 | 172 |
| 2022 | #110 | 3,407 | #1,368 | 170 |
| 2023 | #112 | 3,209 | #1,239 | 188 |
| 2024 | #123 | 2,890 | #1,322 | 173 |
| 2025 | #124 | 2,883 | #1,174 | 197 |
World rankings
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Famous Carsons
- Sofia CarsonBoy
American actress
- Carson Jones DalyBoy
American TV host
- Carson KressleyBoy
American fashion critic
- Carson Hilton PalmerBoy
American football player
- (Clarence) Carson ParksBoy
American songwriter and singer
- John William "Johnny" CarsonBoy
TV talk show host and comedian
- Ben CarsonBoy
American neurosurgeon and political candidate
- Carson Bruener (b. 2002)Boy
son of NFL player Mark Bruener
- Carson Lincoln Kinney (b. 2003)Boy
son of actors Terry Kinney and Kathryn Erbe
- Charles Stephen "Carson" Paine IV (b. 2015)Boy
son of Erin (Bates) Paine of reality TV show Bringing Up Bates
- Carson Sharp (b. 2015)Boy
son of jockey Rosie Napravnik and Joe Sharp
- Carson James Lueders (b.2001)Boy
YouTube celebrity, upcoming singer.
- Carson WentzBoy
American football player
- Carson McCullers (born Lula Carson Smith)Girl
American novelist
- Carson EllisGirl
American artist and illustrator
- Carson PickettGirl
American soccer player
Carson in pop culture
- Carson BeckettBoy
doctor on TV's "Stargate: Atlantis"
- Carson DrewBoy
father of Nancy Drew
- Carson PhilipsBoy
main character in film and novel "Struck By Lightning," by Chris Colfer
- Charles Carson (known as Carson)Boy
butler on TV's "Downton Abbey"
- CarsonGirl
character in film "Bring It On: In It To Win It"
- CarsonGirl
character in film "Shag"