NameTides

Karter

Karter was the #270 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,265 babies), and #896 in England & Wales and #1,015 in Canada.

Karter as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Karter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USNorthern IrelandScotlandCanadaEngland & Wales
Karter as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#270 (1,265)#896 (35)#367 (9)#270 (6)—#1,015 (25)
2024#248 (1,431)#773 (44)#535 (5)—#785 (3)#714 (37)
2023#225 (1,597)#593 (62)#614 (4)—#472 (7)#630 (42)
2022#217 (1,743)#714 (47)#271 (14)—#572 (5)#604 (44)
2021#201 (1,919)#695 (50)#328 (11)#374 (4)#552 (5)#673 (40)
2020#162 (2,340)#623 (56)#324 (11)#392 (3)#741 (3)#417 (71)
2019#163 (2,425)#506 (77)#355 (9)#365 (4)#564 (5)#464 (61)
2018#176 (2,239)#535 (72)#361 (9)#365 (4)#635 (4)#393 (76)
2017#174 (2,286)#673 (52)#291 (14)#415 (3)—#409 (74)
2016#188 (2,125)#818 (39)#486 (6)#320 (5)#713 (3)#467 (62)
2015#183 (2,286)#807 (39)#389 (8)#342 (4)—#365 (85)
2014#194 (2,117)#1,117 (24)#490 (6)——#376 (81)
2013#299 (1,179)#931 (31)#687 (3)#398 (3)—#456 (63)
2012#349 (886)#1,086 (25)———#445 (62)
2011#390 (727)#2,892 (6)———#469 (58)

Karter as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Karter as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Karter as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#987 (256)—#2,730 (7)
2024#1,001 (257)——
2023#887 (303)—#2,203 (9)
2022#892 (312)—#1,989 (10)
2021#860 (319)—#2,185 (9)
2020#893 (297)—#3,251 (5)
2019#758 (370)—#2,872 (6)
2018#870 (312)#4,684 (4)#3,286 (5)
2017#783 (351)#5,765 (3)—
2016#701 (410)—#2,595 (7)
2015#692 (410)—#2,891 (6)
2014#972 (274)—#3,316 (5)
2013#1,385 (167)—#3,286 (5)
2012#1,629 (132)——
2011#2,173 (87)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #162.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1985.
  • In 2025, 17% of US babies named Karter were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,300 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,800uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,200uncommon
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,400uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Karter is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,400 to 1 in 1,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Karter by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #234MEWisconsin: #411WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #446WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: #173MTNorth Dakota: #170NDMinnesota: #718MNIllinois: #400ILMichigan: #288MINew York: #350NYMassachusetts: #620MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #399IAIndiana: #254INOhio: #222OHPennsylvania: #300PANew Jersey: #543NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #509CAUtah: #703UTColorado: #501CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #207MOKentucky: #281KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #234VAMaryland: #184MDDelaware: #126DEArizona: #491AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #468KSArkansas: #165ARTennessee: #211TNNorth Carolina: #174NCSouth Carolina: #131SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #200OKLouisiana: #75LAMississippi: #59MSAlabama: #131ALGeorgia: #118GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #300TXFlorida: #235FL
Karter (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#79414

Karter (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
KarterCanadaGirls#2,7307
KarterCanadaBoys#1,01525
KarterEngland & WalesGirls—too few
KarterEngland & WalesBoys#89635
KarterIrelandBoys—too few
KarterNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
KarterNorthern IrelandBoys#2706
KarterScotlandBoys#3679
KarterUSGirls#987256
KarterUSBoys#2701,265