Carson

maleStatistical record

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

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

Carson: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #91, and it stood at #286 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
75times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#91highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2001–2004

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2001	#2783
2004	#4598

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #91 among boys in Scotland, #202 among boys in Northern Ireland, #327 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #328 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Carson appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 2,125 births with the name.

Carson across 4 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.

Carson'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	#2357 (1996)	#285 (2022)	#328 (2024)	29 of 29	2,125 (1996–2024)	157 (2022)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#244 (2000)	#118 (2012)	#202 (2024)	25 of 25	331 (2000–2024)	24 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#506 (2004)	#224 (2018)	#286 (2025)	18 of 22	199 (2004–2025)	24 (2018)
England and Wales · Girls	#2783 (2001)	#2783 (2001)	#4598 (2004)	2 of 4	8 (2001–2004)	5 (2001)

Carson 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 Carson in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	19	4 of 10	5
2000s	275	10 of 10	28
2010s	1,104	10 of 10	110
2020sbusiest	727	5 of 10	145

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 145 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2012 and 2013, when recorded births fell by 32, from 115 to 83.

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

Carson 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #91 in Scotland in 2024.

Carson'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	#328	134	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#325	135	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#285	157	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#305	153	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#311	148	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#344	129	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#343	133	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#345	138	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#365	127	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#383	114	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#369	111	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#464	83	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#367	115	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#449	84	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#503	70	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#563	59	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#613	51	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#622	47	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#733	35	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#891	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1038	19	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1190	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#202	10	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#181	12	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#150	16	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#159	14	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#127	20	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#161	15	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#229	8	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#156	17	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#159	16	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#164	16	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#130	21	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#118	24	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#183	13	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#173	14	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#159	16	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#182	13	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#155	16	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#167	12	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#169	12	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#182	9	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#143	14	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#186	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#243	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#327	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#243	18	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#349	12	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#279	16	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	10	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#224	24	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	16	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#294	15	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#314	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#534	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#457	7	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#698	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#91	57	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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #91, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 157 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 28 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Carter · #21, 30y

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.

Cerys · #91, 29y
Olly · #91, 26y
Vinnie · #91, 29y
Bronte · #92, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Cerys · #91, 29y
Olly · #91, 26y
Taj · #91, 18y
Vinnie · #91, 29y

Carson was ranked #91 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. 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.

Carson 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 Carson without appearing here.

Carson moved ahead of

Kelly Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1190 and #3225.
Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1467 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1190 and #3225.
Graeme Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2189 and #2189 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1038 and #3009.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2189 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #891 and #2754.

Moved ahead of Carson

Hunter Compare
In 2016 they stood at #156 and #207 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #229 and #98.
Jesse Compare
In 2021 they stood at #150 and #200 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2022 that had become #234 and #125.
Finley Compare
In 2016 they stood at #156 and #253 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2017 that had become #229 and #132.
Hudson Compare
In 2006 they stood at #733 and #885 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #622 and #538.

Moved the opposite way to Carson

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carson went from #2357 to #328 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carson went from #2357 to #328 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carson went from #2357 to #328 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carson went from #2357 to #328 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Carson

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carson went from #2357 to #328 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carson went from #2357 to #328 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carson went from #2357 to #328 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Carson went from #2357 to #328 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #91 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Carson

Carson at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Carson across 4 official records

Carson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Carson appears in

Popularity data

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Carson at a glance

Carson across 4 official records

Carson by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Carson appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Carson and the names beside it

Carson moved ahead of

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