Karter Boy
How popular is Karter?
#270 boy name in 2025
1,265 baby boys were named Karter in the US in 2025, making it the 270th most popular boy name. Another 256 girls got the name (#987 for girls).
Karter popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #270 for boys (▼ 22 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,265 boys, 256 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-45% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #183 in 2015, #162 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (2,425 boys) |
| Highest rank | #162 in 2020 |
| First recorded | 1985 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 86% boys, 14% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Karter counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Carter family of names ranked #35 for boys in 2025 (#33 the year before), with 7,303 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Carter | 6,024 | 82% |
| Karter | 1,265 | 17% |
| Kartar | 9 | 0% |
| Cartyr | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Karter is most popular
Babies named Karter per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 4.1 per 1,000 (233 boys)
- Louisiana: 3.2 per 1,000 (326 boys)
- South Carolina: 2.7 per 1,000 (283 boys)
- Georgia: 2.5 per 1,000 (635 boys)
- Alabama: 2.5 per 1,000 (274 boys)
Karter by decade
Boy names about as popular as Karter
Questions
- Is Karter a boy or girl name?
- Karter is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 86% of babies named Karter were boys.
- How popular is the name Karter?
- 1,265 baby boys were named Karter in the US in 2025, making it the 270th most popular boy name. Another 256 girls got the name (#987 for girls).
- When was Karter most popular?
- Karter peaked in 2019, when 2,425 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #162 in 2020.
- How many people are named Karter?
- 34,052 babies have been named Karter in the US since 1880. We estimate about 33,848 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Karter most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Karter was most common in Mississippi, at 4.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.