How Many People Are Named Karsten?
people named Karsten are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 102,947 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,424 babies named Karsten in Social Security records from 1950 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
140 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Low German form of CHRISTIAN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Karsten, 5.1% were girls and 94.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karsten alive today is about 23 years old, and 75% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karsten first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 2010, to 140 babies. In 2025, 30 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Karsten has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,246, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #4,193.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,193 |
| Best rank | #1,246 (2001) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,371 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karsten alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karsten were born in California than in any other state: about 192 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karsten was given 6.5 times as often in Oklahoma, 5.2 times in Washington and 3.4 times in Arizona.
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