Carter

A unisex name of English origin, meaning one who transports goods by cart.

Babies a year
10,351
the US, 2017
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#45
unchanged on last year
UK popularity
#97
536 babies · up from #103

How Carter has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#18#36#54201520202025#45

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#24
2016#26
2017#24
2018#24
2019#30
2020#33
2021#39
2022#47
2023#48
2024#45
2025#45

Carter by the numbers

In 2025, 536 babies in England and Wales were named Carter. In the US, 10,351 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 10,771 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

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Carter as a share of American babies born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Carter. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Carmensong; poem; possibly from mount carmel789 in the US (2017)
  • Cardenfrom the garden; a place name27 in the US (2017)
  • Carlesa form of Charles; free man or strong6 in the US (2017)
  • Camber20 in the US (2017)
  • Carlen5 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Carter

Names that are said the same way as Carter, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kartardoer or creator23 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Karter2,620 in the US (2017)
  • Kharter66 in the US (2017)
  • Kartyr5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Carter

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