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Boy name Scottish Gaelic origin

Carson

KAR-suhn · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Son of the marsh dwellers
Language
Scottish Gaelic
Culture
Scottish
Style era
modern
Themes
Scottish · modern
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#123
2024 births2,890
Peak year2018
First appeared1880
Total US births129,861
2018 peak18801916195219882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Alternate spellings
KarsonCarsen

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