How Many People Are Named Carston?
An estimated 630 people in the United States have the first name Carston. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 18 years old, and Carston peaked in popularity in 2009 with 40 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Carston 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 Carston paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
630
About 1 in 544,055 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
18
years old
Peak Year
2009
40 births
Total Registered
642
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Carston
Carston is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 642 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Carston as a male name
Ranked #9,098 in 2024
8 male births in 2024
Peak: 2009 (40 births)
Carston: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Carston span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 272 babies were registered. Carston has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Carston by Decade
How has Carston 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.
Carston + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Carston as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Carston
Other first names starting with C with a similar number of bearers.
Carston: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Carston?
We estimate approximately 630 people named Carston 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 544,055 Americans share this first name.
Is Carston a common name?
Carston is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 642 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Carston most popular?
Carston reached peak popularity in 2009, when 40 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Carston is approximately 18 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Carston a male name?
Carston is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Carston Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Carston Smith, Carston Johnson, Carston 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.
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