Meaning and history
From a Scottish surname of uncertain meaning, this name is also associated with the American scout Kit Carson (1809–1868), a famous bearer of the surname.
20062006: 5,012 births, rank #87
2007: 5,120 births, rank #91
2008: 5,127 births, rank #89
2009: 4,997 births, rank #88
2010: 5,098 births, rank #82
20112011: 4,927 births, rank #85
2012: 4,597 births, rank #87
2013: 4,540 births, rank #90
2014: 4,625 births, rank #91
2015: 4,761 births, rank #89
20162016: 4,931 births, rank #81
2017: 4,766 births, rank #83
2018: 5,259 births, rank #70
2019: 4,522 births, rank #82
2020: 4,196 births, rank #84
20212021: 3,777 births, rank #97
2022: 3,408 births, rank #110
2023: 3,210 births, rank #112
2024: 2,901 births, rank #124
20252025: 2,883 births, rank #124
Carson held steady at #124 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 5,259 births.