Carsten

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,319
2011 · 129 births
Debut · boys
1912
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,367
since 1912

Carsten over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Carsten has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #1,319, 2011boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,24924
2024—#4,70121
2023—#3,47433
2022—#2,96242
2021—#3,07439
2020#15,0885#2,43753
2019—#2,31059
2018—#2,28259
2017—#2,79843
2016—#2,08667
2015#16,4195#1,79084
2014—#1,65793
2013—#1,500108
2012—#1,367123
2011—#1,319129
2010—#1,425116
2009—#1,70891
2008—#1,441115
2007—#1,59398
2006—#1,73880
2005—#2,08159
2004—#1,81568
2003—#2,05555
2002—#2,24946
2001—#1,98254
2000—#2,25643
1999—#2,60833
1998—#2,39436
1997—#2,75028
1996—#3,67818
1995—#3,43219
1994—#3,03023
1993—#3,14121
1992—#2,90923
1991—#4,76011
1990—#3,30918
1989—#5,1659
1988—#4,45010
1987—#3,20115
1986—#3,88211
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1984—#4,2159
1983—#4,9077
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1981—#4,1539
1980—#4,4958
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1978—#5,7725
1977—#3,8369
1976—#4,0128
1975—#3,6599
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1973—#3,22310
1972—#2,53414
1971—#3,6588
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1969—#3,0629
1968—#3,1078
1967—#2,9858
1966—#2,62710
1965—#2,7809
1964—#2,31013
1963—#3,6466
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1961—#3,3567
1960—#4,0385
1959—#3,9885
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1954—#3,8275
1953—#3,7985
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1928—#3,0768
1927—#3,7806
1926—#4,2015
1925—#4,1975
1924—#4,3475
1923—#2,77210
1922—#3,5327
1921—#3,5177
1920—#3,8156
1919—#3,1158
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Carsten! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1913–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 452 spots since 2024 (#4,701 → #4,249)
  • 1,812 spots since 2020 (#2,437 → #4,249)
  • 2,459 spots since 2015 (#1,790 → #4,249)
Rise & fade · boys
99 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 2011 at #1,319 (129 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,723
  • Highest: 1 in 14,723 boys born in 2011 were named Carsten (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 37.2% of all boys named Carsten (881) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s26#2,269 (1912)#2,966
1920s59#2,772 (1923)#3,693
1930s19#3,004 (1933)#3,123
1940s0——
1950s15#3,798 (1953)#3,871
1960s75#2,310 (1964)#3,101
1970s63#2,534 (1972)#3,813
1980s78#3,201 (1987)#4,309
1990s230#2,394 (1998)#3,201
2000s709#1,441 (2008)#1,892
2010s881#1,319 (2011)#1,853
2020s212#2,437 (2020)#3,483

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Carsten in 2015

girls
#16,419
5 births · 1 in 357,020 girls
boys
#1,790
84 births · 1 in 22,818 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #16,419Carsten5

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #1,790Carsten84
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 357,020 of them was named Carsten, which outranked 14.2% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carsten
  1. #14,482Zymiah6
  2. #14,482Zyria6
  3. #14,482Zyriel6
  4. #16,419Carsten5
  5. #16,419Aabriella5
  6. #16,419Aada5
  7. #16,419Aailiyah5

Tied with 2,711 names at #16,419; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 22,818 of them was named Carsten, which outranked 87.3% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Carsten
  1. #1,780Omarion85
  2. #1,780Rashawn85
  3. #1,780Tyshawn85
  4. #1,790Carsten84
  5. #1,790Braedyn84
  6. #1,790Bryar84
  7. #1,790Dandre84
  8. #1,804Abdullahi83
  9. #1,804Arion83
  10. #1,804Callahan83

Tied with 13 names at #1,790; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015 →