Carter Name Popularity

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How popular is Carter?

Ranking 24th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Carter is very popular.

Currently in the top 50, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #24 for the first time in 2015 and as recently as 2018.

The name was given to the greatest number of children in 2015 with 10,780 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Carter was less than 5, most recently in 1882.

Approximately during the years 1895-1900, 1909-1914, 1921-1924, 1930-1934, 1944-1947, 1968-1971, and 1979-2014, the name Carter took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1926-1930, and 1975-1978.

Currently, the name is at a very high point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Carter be?

Carter's popularity has been soaring upward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Carter for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Carter is favored by many parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Carter (Girl)		Carter (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		652	478	9,312	24
2017		599	520	9,787	24
2016		702	455	10,185	26
2015		579	539	10,780	24
2014		355	787	10,677	27
2013		299	862	9,571	34
2012		246	1,030	9,262	36
2011		195	1,226	8,598	41
2010		160	1,431	8,156	48
2009		119	1,809	8,167	50
2008		104	2,007	7,063	65
2007		102	2,003	6,100	80
2006		123	1,703	6,431	75
2005		120	1,656	5,899	77
2004		114	1,701	5,009	89
2003		101	1,832	4,171	102
2002		66	2,420	3,480	108
2001		80	2,078	3,435	111
2000		91	1,870	2,550	152
1999		83	1,897	1,943	179
1998		63	2,252	1,800	189
1997		61	2,233	1,540	204
1996		66	2,089	1,216	243
1995		59	2,251	919	286
1994		44	2,756	543	423
1993		44	2,730	550	419
1992		30	3,597	487	450
1991		41	2,849	391	499
1990		32	3,375	333	552
1989		22	4,265	294	565
1988		15	5,362	265	569
1987		27	3,349	212	626
1986		21	3,903	182	665
1985		24	3,526	176	666
1984		15	4,767	134	749
1983		9	6,781	119	804
1982		12	5,584	118	812
1981		11	5,933	87	967
1980		8	7,515	92	928
1979		< 5	--	65	1,108
1978		9	6,457	71	1,034
1977		11	5,566	122	772
1976		14	4,385	158	651
1975		10	5,581	162	636
1974		14	4,257	142	686
1973		11	4,914	131	701
1972		9	5,528	164	615
1971		11	4,841	197	587
1970		9	5,452	156	656
1969		8	5,509	150	646
1968		6	6,345	124	676
1967		< 5	--	140	634
1966		< 5	--	127	656
1965		8	4,879	114	696
1964		< 5	--	132	669
1963		7	5,367	158	621
1962		10	4,300	130	680
1961		6	5,922	132	674
1960		< 5	--	139	665
1959		7	5,091	134	662
1958		5	6,217	164	602
1957		5	6,193	140	649
1956		7	4,884	176	575
1955		9	4,110	150	604
1954		< 5	--	191	527
1953		8	4,282	161	557
1952		8	4,175	156	559
1951		8	4,067	172	522
1950		7	4,377	170	516
1949		6	4,746	178	495
1948		9	3,629	150	543
1947		< 5	--	178	502
1946		< 5	--	148	525
1945		< 5	--	125	535
1944		5	4,659	122	548
1943		5	4,785	130	553
1942		< 5	--	112	588
1941		7	3,622	109	569
1940		6	3,930	88	635
1939		6	3,819	77	675
1938		< 5	--	106	568
1937		< 5	--	99	580
1936		< 5	--	98	582
1935		< 5	--	101	576
1934		< 5	--	97	598
1933		< 5	--	77	670
1932		< 5	--	68	766
1931		7	3,539	78	678
1930		< 5	--	62	824
1929		< 5	--	71	752
1928		< 5	--	78	724
1927		9	3,325	85	702
1926		< 5	--	89	671
1925		6	4,516	88	682
1924		< 5	--	112	604
1923		< 5	--	84	706
1922		< 5	--	93	666
1921		< 5	--	83	723
1920		5	5,097	98	636
1919		< 5	--	107	580
1918		5	4,930	95	628
1917		< 5	--	91	620
1916		< 5	--	83	641
1915		< 5	--	78	659
1914		< 5	--	92	509
1913		< 5	--	37	780
1912		< 5	--	45	612
1911		< 5	--	26	597
1910		< 5	--	26	557
1909		< 5	--	22	559
1908		< 5	--	25	500
1907		< 5	--	18	595
1906		< 5	--	15	620
1905		< 5	--	16	595
1904		< 5	--	25	418
1903		< 5	--	23	415
1902		< 5	--	11	696
1901		< 5	--	13	569
1900		< 5	--	31	403
1899		< 5	--	14	524
1898		< 5	--	14	580
1897		< 5	--	16	501
1896		< 5	--	13	602
1895		< 5	--	9	747
1894		< 5	--	16	504
1893		< 5	--	13	545
1892		< 5	--	18	465
1891		< 5	--	13	500
1890		< 5	--	8	757
1889		< 5	--	11	591
1888		< 5	--	15	507
1887		< 5	--	13	495
1886		< 5	--	15	474
1885		< 5	--	10	613
1884		< 5	--	13	526
1883		< 5	--	11	561
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	12	506
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.