Carson is a male first name. In some cases it's also given to girls.
The first name Carson is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #83 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Carson, accounting for approximately 0.30 % of all newborn boys. In the entire USA, approximately 124,615 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Carson. That is 0.04 % of all living Americans.
Carson is is derived from the Scottish surname Carson, which is itself derived from the place name Carsan, in Ayrshire, Scotland. The place name is thought to come from the Scottish Gaelic word ‘carr,’ meaning ‘marsh,’ and ‘sion,’ meaning ‘dweller.’ Carson means ‘son of marsh dwellers’.
What is a marsh dweller? The term marsh dweller is and was usually used to describe those who reside in marshy areas. This can include people, animals, and birds.
Carson Brewer (1920 - 2003)
Working as a journalist for more than 40 years, Brewer is best known for documenting the folk life of Knoxville, Tennessee. He committed himself to the protection of the regions natural wonders, especially the Great Smoky Mountains.
Carson Wentz (*1992)
As second overall, Wentz was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2016 NFL Draft. The quarterback won the Super Bowl in 2018, although he did not appear in the playoffs due to an injury. He achieved a few single player NFL records.
Carson Boren (1824 - 1912)
The American pioneer was an early founder of Seattle, Washington in 1851. He built is first house where the citys downtown is located today. Boren was the first sheriff of King County and the Boren Avenue in Seattle is named in his honor.
Carson Kressley (*1969)
Kressley is an American television personality, actor, and designer. He appeared in the original reality tv series Queer Eye for the Straight Guy in 2003, which won him a Primetime Emmy. The passionate horse rider also won an equitation world championship in 2009.
When you hear the name Carson, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Carson? Are you also called Carson? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
half a dozen unincorporated communities named Carson in the United States. You can find them for example in Kentucky, Mississippi, and Washington.
in southern Missouri is called Carson. It was inhabited from circa 1900 to 1930.
Nevada is Carson City. It has about 60,000 inhabitants and is located in the western parts of the state, close to its border with California.
called Carson Range lies between the states of Nevada and California. It is about 50 miles long.
in Boston, Massachusetts bears the name Carson Beach. Due to the beachs poor water quality, it was shut down in the 1990s, but reopened in 2019.
United States Army post located near Colorado Springs, Colorado. It was established in 1942 and named for General Christopher Carson, who explored much of the area in the 1800s.
#69 - this is the highest rank Carson has ever achieved. Not many names manage to reach such a high popularity in even one of the 140+ years of recording. The last time Carson reached this top spot was in 2018 when 5,454 newborn boys were given this name. But as our statistics show, Carson hasn't always been a popular name: in some years of record, most recently in the year 1883, not a single newborn or less than 5 were named Carson (a name is only included in the official statistics if it has been given at least 5 times in a year). Nevertheless, the name Carson has accompanied people in this country for a long time. It turns out that this name fits very well into our time today. From zero to hero - even though it took a while for Carson to really catch on, it has become a very popular name.
In years where the graph has no value, the name Carson was given less than five times or even none at all in the entire USA.
In 2022, 3,558 newborns were given the name Carson, making it rank #102. In the current century, the name is really taking off. So the chances of meeting a young Carson are higher than ever.
The name Carson may not be in the top rankings of the most popular boys’ names, but it is one of the few male given names, along with only 385 others, that can be found in every single state in the U.S. from Alaska to Florida and from California to New York. Of course, the name occurs more frequently in some states than in others – and Carson is apparently especially popular in Utah. Although the name is not one of the top 100 most popular men’s names here either, one in 423 men in Utah is called Carson. In total, that’s 3,222 people who feel addressed when the name Carson is shouted loudly across Utah and who ensure that their name makes it to #105 in our SmartGenius ranking of the most common male names in this nice state. If you asked all people in the entire U.S. for their first name, you would hear Carson as the answer a total of 124,615 times. This places Carson at #251 in our SmartGenius statistics for the most popular male names in the whole of the USA. This is true for all currently living people across all states and age groups – the recent popularity of the name Carson as a baby name is, of course, a bit different, as you can see from the statistics above.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter C is a frequent initial letter for boys’ names. This is because 5.2% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. The most common first letters of boys' names, by the way, are J, A and D.
With six letters, the name Carson is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.
With 5.2% of all boys' names that begin with a C, this first letter is thus much more common than the average of all letters. And which boys’ name beginning with C do you think is the most common in the US? The answer is... Charles.
If your name is Carson and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Carson, you can simply say:
Cat
Apple
Rocket
Sun
Orange
Nut
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Carson
Carson
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.
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In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Carson sounds like this:
