Karsyn
Karsyn was the 719th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 390 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 557th with 559 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 89 places. More babies were named Karsyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it KAR-sin /ˈkɑrsən/
- Rank in 2025
- #719 girls, down 106 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 390girls
- Girls and boys
- 69% girls, 31% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2018559 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,267babies recorded
What does the name Karsyn mean?
Karsyn is a modern fanciful spelling of Carson, according to Wiktionary. Carson is a Scottish surname whose origin is unclear: Wiktionary calls it possibly a form of Curzon and mentions an unconfirmed Gaelic source. The k and y spelling matches other recent American names. US records show Karsyn for girls from 1990 and for boys from 2000, so we treat the meaning as undocumented.
How sure is this? Not documented. Carson's origin is uncertain in our sources; Karsyn is a modern respelling.
Related names: Carson, Karson, Carsyn.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Karsyn' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Carson' (English section), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (yob*.txt), team3 computation of first year recorded, US Social Security Administration (public domain)
Karsyn popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #719 | #1,209 | 390 | 168 |
| 2020 | #613 | #698 | 476 | 365 |
| 2010 | #814 | #1,906 | 332 | 75 |
| 2000 | #1,374 | #11,307 | 136 | 5 |
| 1990 | #14,006 | — | 5 | — |
| 1980 | — | — | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Karsyn, counting every spelling?
Karsyn is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #524 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #719 for Karsyn on its own. Together these spellings went to 579 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karsyn | 390 | #719 | 2,174 |
| Carsyn | 159 | #1,380 | 962 |
| Karsynn | 25 | #5,159 | 85 |
| Carsynn | 5 | #15,378 | 27 |
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 Karsyn?
390 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Karsyn (0.11 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Karsyn 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 22 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Karsyn.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Karsyn?
About 9,300 people born in the US named Karsyn are alive today, with a median age of 10; half are between 6 and 16. That makes Karsyn a young name: most people with it are children.
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.
Karsyn by state
How common Karsyn was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Oklahoma (3.5×), Nebraska (3.3×), Arkansas (3.2×), Mississippi (3.1×), Kansas (3.1×). In 17 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Karsyn: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Karsyn, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Karsyn · Sibling names for Karsyn
Questions about the name Karsyn
How popular is the name Karsyn?
Karsyn was the 719th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 390 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 557th with 559 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 89 places. More babies were named Karsyn in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Karsyn a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 69% girls, 31% boys given the name Karsyn in the US.
Where is Karsyn most popular?
In 2021–2025, Karsyn was most common in Oklahoma (0.95 per 1,000 girls), followed by Nebraska and Arkansas.