Fun Facts About the Name Karsyn
- More than 12 thousand babies named Karsyn: U.S. records list 12,259 babies given the name Karsyn from 1880 through 2025. Of these, 2,897 boys received the name Karsyn - about 1 boy for every 3 girls.
What Does the Name Karsyn Mean?
Karsyn is a modern spelling of Carson, a surname-derived given name from Scotland. Its exact origin is not fully settled. The most common explanation treats the first element as Carr, a personal byname or place name built on a Gaelic or Brittonic word for "rock," with the Scots patronymic suffix -son, so "son of Carr." A second explanation connects the name to the Scots word carse, meaning low, fertile land along a river, which would give the sense "dweller by the carse." These two derivations are sometimes offered as competing rather than compatible claims, and no single one is universally accepted. The spelling with -yn instead of -on is a recent respelling rather than a separate name with its own meaning.
Karsyn Name History & Origins
Carson has long been a surname in Scotland, associated especially with Galloway and Dumfriesshire in the southwest, where place names containing the element Carr- are found. As with many Scottish surnames, it likely began as a way of identifying a person by a father, ancestor, or locality, and the records do not allow a clean separation between the patronymic and the place-based explanations.
The name became widely familiar in the United States through Christopher "Kit" Carson (1809 - 1868), the frontiersman and army officer, and it also appears among public figures from Britain and Ireland, such as the lawyer and politician Edward Carson. Its use as a first name for boys grew over the twentieth century, and it later became common for girls as well.
Karsyn belongs to a group of respellings - alongside Karson, Karsen, and Carsyn - that swap the original vowel or final syllable. This pattern of using -yn reflects a broad fashion in American given names rather than any change in the name's origin or meaning, and Karsyn is now used for both boys and girls.
How Popular is the Name Karsyn?
Karsyn recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2018. Its best rank was #557 in 2018.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #719 | 390 | 0.0243% |
| 2024 | #755 | 372 | 0.0231% |
| 2023 | #681 | 429 | 0.0268% |
| 2022 | #607 | 490 | 0.0299% |
| 2021 | #612 | 488 | 0.0298% |
| 2020 | #613 | 476 | 0.0295% |
| 2019 | #604 | 501 | 0.0299% |
| 2018 | #557 | 559 | 0.0329% |
| 2017 | #564 | 534 | 0.0309% |
| 2016 | #647 | 454 | 0.0256% |
| 2015 | #630 | 453 | 0.0254% |
| 2014 | #657 | 435 | 0.0244% |
| 2013 | #738 | 370 | 0.0211% |
| 2012 | #740 | 376 | 0.0214% |
| 2011 | #683 | 412 | 0.0234% |
| 2010 | #814 | 332 | 0.0187% |
| 2009 | #892 | 308 | 0.0168% |
| 2008 | #985 | 271 | 0.0143% |
| 2007 | #1,290 | 190 | 0.0099% |
| 2006 | #1,200 | 202 | 0.0106% |
| 2005 | #1,213 | 189 | 0.0102% |
| 2004 | #1,206 | 186 | 0.0101% |
| 2003 | #1,311 | 158 | 0.0086% |
| 2002 | #1,293 | 152 | 0.0085% |
| 2001 | #1,260 | 156 | 0.0087% |
| 2000 | #1,374 | 136 | 0.0075% |
| 1999 | #1,565 | 108 | 0.0061% |
| 1998 | #2,323 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 1997 | #2,849 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 1996 | #3,884 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1995 | #4,420 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1994 | #4,916 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1993 | #4,168 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1992 | #5,372 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1991 | #7,164 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1990 | #14,007 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,209 | 168 | 0.0098% |
| 2024 | #1,287 | 152 | 0.0089% |
| 2023 | #980 | 224 | 0.0131% |
| 2022 | #1,029 | 215 | 0.0123% |
| 2021 | #960 | 234 | 0.0134% |
| 2020 | #697 | 365 | 0.0212% |
| 2019 | #1,064 | 192 | 0.0107% |
| 2018 | #944 | 222 | 0.0122% |
| 2017 | #1,199 | 155 | 0.0084% |
| 2016 | #1,322 | 136 | 0.0072% |
| 2015 | #1,179 | 158 | 0.0082% |
| 2014 | #1,478 | 110 | 0.0057% |
| 2013 | #1,486 | 110 | 0.0058% |
| 2012 | #1,520 | 106 | 0.0056% |
| 2011 | #1,830 | 78 | 0.0041% |
| 2010 | #1,905 | 75 | 0.0039% |
| 2009 | #2,422 | 53 | 0.0027% |
| 2008 | #3,041 | 39 | 0.0019% |
| 2007 | #3,559 | 30 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #5,192 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #5,439 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #4,510 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2003 | #11,843 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #8,934 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #8,764 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #11,306 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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