Karson

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Karson: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Karson: Recorded every year since 2004, it reached #304 in 2020, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
22years from first to last
#304highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#2304
2005	#3208
2006	#2282
2007	#2211
2008	#1511
2009	#1749
2010	#1724
2011	#1398
2012	#1367
2013	#1617
2014	#1061
2015	#996
2016	#914
2017	#794
2018	#786
2019	#686
2020	#706
2021	#610
2022	#878
2023	#651
2024	#945

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2004 to 2024.

In 2024: #352 among boys in Scotland, #655 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #945 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 2004–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #2304 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2015–2023
Highest recorded position: #304 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2015–2023).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Karson appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 21 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 562 births with the name.

Karson across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Karson's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2304 (2004)	#610 (2021)	#945 (2024)	21 of 21	562 (2004–2024)	61 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#730 (2011)	#436 (2023)	#676 (2025)	13 of 15	62 (2011–2025)	8 (2023)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#415 (2015)	#304 (2020)	#395 (2023)	5 of 9	18 (2015–2023)	5 (2020)

Karson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Karson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	51	6 of 10	9
2010s	281	10 of 10	28
2020sbusiest	230	5 of 10	46

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 46 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2021 and 2022, when recorded births fell by 26, from 61 to 35.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Karson appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #304 in Northern Ireland in 2020.

Karson's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#945	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#651	54	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#878	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#610	61	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#706	47	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#686	49	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#786	41	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#794	41	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#914	33	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#996	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1617	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1367	18	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1511	14	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2211	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#395	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#374	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#304	5	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#436	8	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#352	10	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 2004 and 2025, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #304, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 61 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 20 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Danann · #303, 14y
Maitiu · #305, 14y
Seanie · #305, 14y
Amayah · #306, 20y

Karson was ranked #304 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Karson and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Karson without appearing here.

Karson moved ahead of

Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2211 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #3687.
Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2211 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #3687.
Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2282 and #4052.
Rodney Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2211 and #1361 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1511 and #3158.

Moved ahead of Karson

Cillian Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2304 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1190.

Moved the opposite way to Karson

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karson went from #2304 to #945 while Aaron went from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karson went from #2304 to #945 while Adam went from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karson went from #2304 to #945 while Alan went from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karson went from #2304 to #945 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Karson

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karson went from #2304 to #945 and Albie from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karson went from #2304 to #945 and Alfred from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karson went from #2304 to #945 and Archie from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Karson went from #2304 to #945 and Arlo from #875 to #15.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 2004 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #304 in Northern Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Karson

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Karson across 3 official records

Karson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Karson across 3 official records

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