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Carter
Pronounced /ˈkɑɹɾɚ/
Rank in 2024
#507
Born in 2024
604
Peak year
2016 · #458
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for boys:6,267 in 2024 (#46)
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 604 girls were named Carter, about 1 in every 2,671.
- It peaked in 2016 with 702 babies, ranked #458.
- It first shows up in the records in 1918.
- 9,357 girls have been named Carter since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Carter per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 25 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 36 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 102 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 128 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 472 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,828 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,766 babies, 0.33 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
As an English name, from the occupation carter. As an Irish name, from Irish Mac Artúir (literally “son of Arthur”).
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈkɑɹɾɚ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Carter, CC BY-SA 4.0.