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Carter
Pronounced /ˈkɑɹɾɚ/
Rank in 2024
#46
Born in 2024
6,267
Peak year
2015 · #24
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:604 in 2024 (#507)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 6,267 boys were named Carter, about 1 in every 274.
- It peaked in 2015 with 10,814 babies, ranked #24.
- It first shows up in the records in 1881.
- 200,762 boys 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
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 2.7Gen Z1997–12
- 4.7Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 1,580 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Silent: 1,697 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,958 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,107 babies, 0.08 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,031 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Gen Z: 83,648 babies, 2.66 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 102,476 babies, 4.72 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.