Carsten

maleStatistical record

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

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

Carsten: Recorded since 1947, it reached #214 in 1968, and it stood at #421 in 2020.

2registrars recorded it
59times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#214highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2019

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#2578
2010	#4678
2011	#3300
2012	#4805
2019	#3937

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 · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 54 of the 74 years from 1947 to 2020.

In 2019: #492 among boys in Norway, #3937 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1947–2020 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #296 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–2020
Highest recorded position: #214 among boys in Norway, in 1968 (recorded 1947–2020).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2020
Most recently recorded at #421 among boys in Norway, in 2020.
Norway · Boys

Carsten appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 54 years beginning in 1947, and has registered 509 births with the name.

Carsten across 2 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.

Carsten'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
Norway · Boys	#296 (1947)	#214 (1968)	#421 (2020)	54 of 74	509 (1947–2020)	24 (1971)
England and Wales · Boys	#2578 (2004)	#2578 (2004)	#3937 (2019)	5 of 16	20 (2004–2019)	5 (2004)

Carsten by decade in Norway · 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 Carsten in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	24	3 of 10	8
1950s	72	9 of 10	8
1960sbusiest	153	10 of 10	15
1970s	140	10 of 10	14
1980s	36	6 of 10	6
1990s	44	9 of 10	5
2000s	17	3 of 10	6
2010s	18	3 of 10	6
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Carsten 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 2 regions, from 1947 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #214 in Norway in 1968.

Carsten'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
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#421	5	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#492	4	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#517	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#358	10	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#425	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#490	5	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#432	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#550	4	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#499	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#509	5	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#577	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#474	6	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#586	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#564	5	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#608	4	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#577	5	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#613	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#489	7	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#462	8	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#582	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#494	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#486	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#378	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#326	13	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#327	13	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#393	10	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#344	12	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#283	16	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#277	17	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#223	24	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#264	17	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#267	16	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#214	23	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#257	16	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#243	18	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#287	13	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#280	13	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#263	14	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#300	11	High	Verified
1961	Norway	male	#251	14	High	Verified
1960	Norway	male	#243	15	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#379	6	High	Verified
1958	Norway	male	#288	10	High	Verified
1957	Norway	male	#294	9	High	Verified
1956	Norway	male	#297	9	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#292	8	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#292	8	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#319	7	High	Verified
1951	Norway	male	#264	10	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#347	5	High	Verified
1949	Norway	male	#258	10	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#324	6	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#296	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1947 and 2020, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #214, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in Norway in 1971.

Its record falls into 13 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 57 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
Carter-James · #1042, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Donnchadh · #212, 54y
Mandy · #220, 54y
Cynthia · #225, 57y
Eskild · #225, 54y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Anne-Mari · #214, 26y
Alise · #213, 53y
Claus · #213, 39y
Flemming · #215, 32y

Carsten was ranked #214 in Norway · Boys in 1968. 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.

Carsten 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 Carsten without appearing here.

Carsten moved ahead of

Tony Compare
In 2011 they stood at #501 and #373 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #358 and #566.
Stig Compare
In 2005 they stood at #490 and #318 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #425 and #563.
Ronald Compare
In 1990 they stood at #613 and #593 in Norway · Boys; by 1991 that had become #564 and #634.
Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #432 and #419 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #490 and #552.

Moved ahead of Carsten

Phillip Compare
In 2002 they stood at #432 and #487 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #490 and #209.
Elias Compare
In 1985 they stood at #489 and #536 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #613 and #366.
Scott Compare
In 1992 they stood at #564 and #594 in Norway · Boys; by 1993 that had become #586 and #347.
Alex Compare
In 1985 they stood at #489 and #525 in Norway · Boys; by 1986 that had become #613 and #384.

Moved the opposite way to Carsten

Aksel Compare
Between 1947 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Carsten went from #296 to #421 while Aksel went from #150 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1947 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Carsten went from #296 to #421 while Alfred went from #173 to #22.
Andreas Compare
Between 1947 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Carsten went from #296 to #421 while Andreas went from #126 to #72.
Arthur Compare
Between 1947 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Carsten went from #296 to #421 while Arthur went from #140 to #74.

Moved the same way as Carsten

Anders Compare
Between 1947 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Carsten went from #296 to #421 and Anders from #61 to #163.
Arild Compare
Between 1947 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Carsten went from #296 to #421 and Arild from #27 to #443.
Arne Compare
Between 1947 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Carsten went from #296 to #421 and Arne from #6 to #250.
Bjørn Compare
Between 1947 and 2020 in Norway · Boys, Carsten went from #296 to #421 and Bjørn from #3 to #113.

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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 2 regions, from 1947 to 2020. Highest recorded position: #214 in Norway in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Carsten

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Carsten across 2 official records

Carsten by decade in Norway · Boys

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