first name
KARTER
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 17,795 people named Karter, 42.3% reported their origin as White, 42% as Black and 8.2% as two or more races. 86.7% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Karter peaked in 2019, when 2,795 babies got the name.
At least 34,052 babies have been given the name since 1985. 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.
Karter by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #337. The largest share of babies named Karter, 85.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Karter is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Karter has been most common in Georgia (2.4×), Louisiana (2.4×), and South Carolina (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.21×).
32,086 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.
Either side of Karter
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Karter, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Karter ranks #56,084 of 156,621, with 394 people. See Karter as a last name
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