Boy · English
Carter
Say it: KAR-tur
Meaning
From an English occupational surname for a carter, one who transported goods by cart.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Long used occasionally as a given name, it became one of the most popular American boys' names in the 2000s and 2010s.
Its wave through time
Popular now
In the United States
- 181,814 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 177 boys
- 8,094 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Karter
Famous bearers
- Carter G. Woodson, African American historian
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Where this comes from
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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