Cartier

Where Cartier comes from

Cartier hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1983
    First appearance
    #6,238 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1984
    Cartier Martin born
    American basketball player
  3. 1992
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 1998
    Cartier Diarra born
    American basketball player
  5. 2022
    Peak, #982
    229 babies named Cartier — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Cartier Martin · American basketball player, born 1984
  • Cartier Diarra · American basketball player, born 1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.