How rare is the name Carrington?

3,721 people in the United States have the first name Carrington, about 1 in 81,169. It ranks #4,842 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

CARRINGTON

#4,842

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,721
About
1 in 81,169
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,721 people named Carrington, 50.7% reported their origin as Black, 38.3% as White and 5.9% as two or more races. 62.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Carrington peaked in 2000, when 275 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
275
In 2025*
29 ▼89%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 4,481 babies have been given the name since 1913. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Carrington by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,482. The largest share of babies named Carrington, 52.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#7,57526
1920s#7,93844
1930s#7,69532
1940s#7,81236
1950s#8,51743
1960s#9,59143
1970s#13,45438
1980s#4,520331
1990s#2,4821,137
2000s#2,5091,497
2010s#3,5341,007
2020s#6,426247
Greatest Generation 1901–271.4%
Silent Generation 1928–451.3%
Baby boom 1946–641.9%
Generation X 1965–801.5%
Millennials 1981–9622.1%
Generation Z 1997–1252.7%
2013 and later19.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Carrington is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Carrington has been most common in Virginia (5.6×), Georgia (4.3×), and Tennessee (3.8×), and least common in California (0.4×).

1,703 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Carrington

1 other first name also has 3,721 people.

#4,842 Nadezhda · 3,721

Either side of Carrington

#4,840 Amilcar · 3,723#4,840 Shanell · 3,723#4,842 Nadezhda · 3,721#4,844 Kamdyn · 3,719

Also a last name

As a last name, Carrington ranks #2,907 of 156,621, with 12,082 people. See Carrington as a last name

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