Karter
#987 for girls in 2025, 256 births · #270 for boys in 2025, 1,265 births
Given to boys 86.5% of the time
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Missouri#215 · 1 in 1,079
- Iowa#243 · 1 in 989
- Hawaii#246 · 1 in 921
- Indiana#268 · 1 in 1,385
- Louisiana#295 · 1 in 1,391
Best ever in a state: #25 in Louisiana, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri | #215 | 31 | 1 in 1,079 |
| Iowa | #243 | 16 | 1 in 989 |
| Hawaii | #246 | 5 | 1 in 921 |
| Indiana | #268 | 27 | 1 in 1,385 |
| Louisiana | #295 | 18 | 1 in 1,391 |
| Utah | #298 | 17 | 1 in 1,352 |
| West Virginia | #306 | 5 | 1 in 1,715 |
| Wisconsin | #311 | 17 | 1 in 1,688 |
| Alabama | #343 | 13 | 1 in 1,858 |
| Ohio | #364 | 26 | 1 in 2,410 |
| Kansas | #371 | 9 | 1 in 1,860 |
| Michigan | #376 | 22 | 1 in 2,243 |
| Nebraska | #406 | 5 | 1 in 2,075 |
| Washington | #437 | 15 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Pennsylvania | #447 | 19 | 1 in 3,270 |
| Arizona | #477 | 13 | 1 in 3,072 |
| Minnesota | #489 | 9 | 1 in 3,245 |
| South Carolina | #521 | 7 | 1 in 3,100 |
| Oklahoma | #531 | 7 | 1 in 3,065 |
| North Carolina | #541 | 15 | 1 in 3,589 |
| Maryland | #578 | 7 | 1 in 4,108 |
| Oregon | #588 | 5 | 1 in 3,863 |
| Texas | #628 | 39 | 1 in 4,781 |
| Tennessee | #631 | 8 | 1 in 4,540 |
| Colorado | #662 | 6 | 1 in 4,791 |
| Illinois | #696 | 14 | 1 in 5,182 |
| Georgia | #747 | 11 | 1 in 5,366 |
| New York | #832 | 16 | 1 in 6,732 |
| California | #1,075 | 19 | 1 in 12,744 |
| Florida | #1,302 | 7 | 1 in 13,614 |
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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
- 22 spots since 2024 (#248 → #270)
- 108 spots since 2020 (#162 → #270)
- 87 spots since 2015 (#183 → #270)
- Biggest jump: 209 spots in 2005 (#1,101 → #892)
- Biggest drop: 39 spots in 2021 (#162 → #201)
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 2020 at #162 (2,340 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 2005–2025
- Highest: 1 in 738 boys born in 2020 were named Karter (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,350 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
- 57.3% of all boys named Karter (16,874) were born in this decade
- 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.
Karter in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 35,329 of them was named Karter, which outranked 84.2% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,161Shekinah53
- #3,161Vanity53
- #3,161Zykeria53
- #3,189Karter52
- #3,189Adalina52
- #3,189Alesia52
- #3,189Amyiah52
- #3,252Aaleyah51
- #3,252Ahuva51
- #3,252Alizae51
Tied with 62 names at #3,189; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 4,257 of them was named Karter, which outranked 96.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.