# Karter (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/karter/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 34,052 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 29,465 / 4,587 (13% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 709, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Fanciful variant of Carter.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 87 | 2,183 |
| 2012 | 132 | 1,636 |
| 2013 | 167 | 1,388 |
| 2014 | 274 | 973 |
| 2015 | 410 | 692 |
| 2016 | 410 | 702 |
| 2017 | 351 | 783 |
| 2018 | 312 | 872 |
| 2019 | 370 | 759 |
| 2020 | 297 | 893 |
| 2021 | 319 | 861 |
| 2022 | 312 | 892 |
| 2023 | 303 | 889 |
| 2024 | 257 | 1,001 |
| 2025 | 256 | 989 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 727 | 391 |
| 2012 | 886 | 349 |
| 2013 | 1,179 | 300 |
| 2014 | 2,117 | 194 |
| 2015 | 2,286 | 183 |
| 2016 | 2,125 | 190 |
| 2017 | 2,286 | 174 |
| 2018 | 2,239 | 176 |
| 2019 | 2,425 | 163 |
| 2020 | 2,340 | 162 |
| 2021 | 1,919 | 201 |
| 2022 | 1,743 | 217 |
| 2023 | 1,597 | 225 |
| 2024 | 1,431 | 248 |
| 2025 | 1,265 | 270 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,086 |
| 2013 | 31 | 931 |
| 2014 | 24 | 1,117 |
| 2015 | 39 | 807 |
| 2016 | 39 | 818 |
| 2017 | 52 | 673 |
| 2018 | 72 | 535 |
| 2019 | 77 | 506 |
| 2020 | 56 | 623 |
| 2021 | 50 | 695 |
| 2022 | 47 | 714 |
| 2023 | 62 | 593 |
| 2024 | 44 | 773 |
| 2025 | 35 | 896 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.