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“Variant of Carter — Cart driver (English) or son of Arthur (Irish)” — English occupational or Irish patronymic origin
Girl's name · #989 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Karter reached its best rank, #692, in 2015 and ranked #989 in 2025. About 4,600 girls have carried it since 1997. About 85% of babies named Karter in recent years have been boys. Together with its spelling variant Carter (#454), Karter would rank around #327 with about 940 births last year — the newborns split about 73/27 between Carter and Karter.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Carter · Paisleigh · Charleigh · Lennox · Carsyn · Ryder
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