Boy · English
Karter
Say it: KAR-tur
Meaning
A modern spelling of Carter, an English occupational surname for one who transported goods by cart.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
This spelling rose in the US in the 2010s.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 24,582 babies given this name since 1985
- At its height in 2019, about 1 in 741 boys
- 2,618 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Carter
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Where this comes from
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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