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“Variant of Carter — Cart driver (English) or son of Arthur (Irish)” — English occupational or Irish patronymic origin
Boy's name · #270 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Karter's best rank, #162, came in 2020; it has settled back to #270 today. Roughly 29,000 boys have been named Karter since 1985. In Mississippi and Louisiana it runs about 4× its national rate and ranks #45 in Mississippi. About 85% of babies named Karter in recent years have been boys. Together with its spelling variant Carter (#45), Karter would rank around #30 with about 7,300 births last year — the newborns split about 83/17 between Carter and Karter.
Around the world: about 1 in 1,400 boys in N. Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 2,200 boys in Scotland (2025) · about 1 in 4,400 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 45 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Carter · Finley · Cartier · Lennox · Karson · Kash
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