How Many People Are Named Carsten?
An estimated 2,210 people in the United States have the first name Carsten. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 20 years old, and Carsten peaked in popularity in 2011 with 129 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carsten as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Carsten paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,210
About 1 in 155,092 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
99.6% confidence
Average Age
20
years old
Peak Year
2011
129 births
Total Registered
2,351
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carsten
Carsten is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 2,351 total births registered, 99.6% were male.
Carsten as a male name
Ranked #4,716 in 2024
21 male births in 2024
Peak: 2011 (129 births)
Carsten as a female name
Ranked #15,576 in 2020
5 female births in 2020
Peak: 2015 (5 births)
Carsten: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carsten span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 11 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 886 babies were registered. Carsten has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carsten by Decade
How has Carsten tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Carsten by State
Birth registrations for Carsten span all 22 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Wisconsin. The lowest are in Nebraska, Illinois, Alabama. On average, about 23 Carstens were registered per state.
Carsten + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carsten as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carsten
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carsten: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carsten?
We estimate approximately 2,210 people named Carsten are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 155,092 Americans share this first name.
Is Carsten a common name?
Carsten is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 94.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,351 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carsten most popular?
Carsten reached peak popularity in 2011, when 129 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carsten is approximately 20 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carsten a male name?
Carsten is predominantly male. 99.6% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carsten Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carsten Smith, Carsten Johnson, Carsten Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me