Boy
Carson
Carson is a boy's name meaning "Scottish surname", drawing on Scottish roots. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2000s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. It has appeared in U.S. birth records in nearly every decade since 1900, a genuinely long run.
ScottishScottish surname
EtymologyPossibly "dweller by the marsh" or "Carr's son"
Births by decade
1900s
142
1910s
753
1920s
1,050
1930s
933
1940s
1,144
1950s
1,259
1960s
883
1970s
1,296
1980s
2,562
1990s
12,211
2000s
47,178
2010s
39,523
Peaked in the 2000s · 108,934 total U.S. births since 1900