Karter
- #987 for girls in 2025, 256 births
- #270 for boys in 2025, 1,265 births
- Given to boys 86.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 2,340 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 29,465since 1985
Karter over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #987 | 256 | #270 | 1,265 |
| 2024 | #1,001 | 257 | #248 | 1,431 |
| 2023 | #887 | 303 | #225 | 1,597 |
| 2022 | #892 | 312 | #217 | 1,743 |
| 2021 | #860 | 319 | #201 | 1,919 |
| 2020 | #893 | 297 | #162 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | #758 | 370 | #163 | 2,425 |
| 2018 | #870 | 312 | #176 | 2,239 |
| 2017 | #783 | 351 | #174 | 2,286 |
| 2016 | #701 | 410 | #188 | 2,125 |
| 2015 | #692 | 410 | #183 | 2,286 |
| 2014 | #972 | 274 | #194 | 2,117 |
| 2013 | #1,385 | 167 | #299 | 1,179 |
| 2012 | #1,629 | 132 | #349 | 886 |
| 2011 | #2,173 | 87 | #390 | 727 |
| 2010 | #2,093 | 94 | #443 | 604 |
| 2009 | #3,189 | 52 | #567 | 466 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | #668 | 362 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 | #801 | 268 |
| 2006 | #4,463 | 32 | #844 | 239 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 | #892 | 202 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #1,101 | 143 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 | #1,103 | 139 |
| 2002 | #6,129 | 18 | #1,315 | 101 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #1,287 | 102 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #1,848 | 57 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #2,199 | 42 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #2,201 | 39 |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,432 | 19 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #4,227 | 14 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
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First appearance
1985
The first year at least five boys were named Karter! It came in at #6,523, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1989, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Karter is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#59 · 1 in 293
- Louisiana#75 · 1 in 324
- Georgia#118 · 1 in 523
- Delaware#126 · 1 in 368
- South Carolina#131 · 1 in 505
Best ever in a state: #25 in Louisiana, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #59 | 37 | 1 in 293 |
| Louisiana | #75 | 59 | 1 in 324 |
| Georgia | #118 | 96 | 1 in 523 |
| Delaware | #126 | 8 | 1 in 368 |
| Alabama | #131 | 42 | 1 in 512 |
| South Carolina | #131 | 42 | 1 in 505 |
| Arkansas | #165 | 22 | 1 in 572 |
| District of Columbia | #168 | 5 | 1 in 505 |
| North Dakota | #170 | 7 | 1 in 479 |
| Montana | #173 | 7 | 1 in 538 |
| North Carolina | #174 | 72 | 1 in 715 |
| Maryland | #184 | 33 | 1 in 694 |
| Oklahoma | #200 | 24 | 1 in 737 |
| Missouri | #207 | 34 | 1 in 818 |
| Tennessee | #211 | 42 | 1 in 875 |
| South Dakota | #221 | 6 | 1 in 641 |
| Ohio | #222 | 59 | 1 in 890 |
| Maine | #234 | 5 | 1 in 769 |
| Virginia | #234 | 37 | 1 in 1,007 |
| Florida | #235 | 90 | 1 in 1,061 |
| Indiana | #254 | 32 | 1 in 989 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 7 | 1 in 880 |
| Kentucky | #281 | 19 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Michigan | #288 | 34 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Pennsylvania | #300 | 38 | 1 in 1,375 |
| Texas | #300 | 129 | 1 in 1,357 |
| Nevada | #323 | 9 | 1 in 1,255 |
| Nebraska | #335 | 7 | 1 in 1,260 |
| New York | #350 | 50 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Iowa | #399 | 8 | 1 in 1,729 |
| Illinois | #400 | 27 | 1 in 1,835 |
| Wisconsin | #411 | 12 | 1 in 1,953 |
| Washington | #446 | 16 | 1 in 2,050 |
| Kansas | #468 | 7 | 1 in 2,007 |
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Arizona | #491 | 14 | 1 in 2,337 |
| Colorado | #501 | 11 | 1 in 2,441 |
| California | #509 | 60 | 1 in 2,925 |
| New Jersey | #543 | 13 | 1 in 3,059 |
| Massachusetts | #620 | 7 | 1 in 3,860 |
| Utah | #703 | 5 | 1 in 3,933 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Karter
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 108 spots since 2020 (#162 → #270)
- Biggest jump: 209 spots in 2005
- Biggest drop: 39 spots in 2021
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 2020 at #162 (2,340 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 738
- Highest: 1 in 738 boys born in 2020 were named Karter (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,350 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 57.3% of all boys named Karter (16,874) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | #6,523 (1985) | #6,523 |
| 1990s | 212 | #2,199 (1999) | #3,989 |
| 2000s | 2,079 | #567 (2009) | #1,043 |
| 2010s | 16,874 | #163 (2019) | #256 |
| 2020s | 10,295 | #162 (2020) | #221 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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