Carsten
Carsten was the 4272nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 1320th with 129 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,480 places. More babies were named Carsten in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,272 boys, down 1,833 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 24boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2011129 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,377babies recorded
Carsten popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 10 since 2015.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,272 | 24 |
| 2020 | #2,439 | 53 |
| 2010 | #1,425 | 116 |
| 2000 | #2,258 | 43 |
| 1990 | #3,330 | 18 |
| 1980 | #4,556 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | #4,115 | 5 |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #3,889 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Carsten, counting every spelling?
Carsten is the most common spelling of a name family that had 49 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 49 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carsten | 24 | #4,272 | 159 |
| Karsten | 25 | #4,194 | 146 |
| Karston | — | — | 62 |
| Carston | — | — | 46 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Carsten?
24 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Carsten (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Carsten born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 347 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Carsten.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Carsten?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Carsten are alive today, with a median age of 17; half are between 12 and 24. That makes Carsten mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Carsten: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Carsten, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Carsten
How popular is the name Carsten?
Carsten was the 4272nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 24 babies. Its best year was 2011, when it ranked 1320th with 129 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,480 places. More babies were named Carsten in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Carsten a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Carsten in the US.