Carter is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #53 for boy births in the United States, given to 6,703 babies. Carter first appears in the data in 1881 and reached its peak in 2015 (11,395 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,703 | #53 |
| 2024 | 6,894 | #55 |
| 2023 | 6,472 | #61 |
| 2022 | 6,914 | #59 |
| 2021 | 7,827 | #46 |
| 2020 | 8,164 | #42 |
| 2019 | 9,293 | #33 |
| 2018 | 10,040 | #31 |
| 2017 | 10,435 | #34 |
| 2016 | 10,923 | #31 |
| 2015 | 11,395 | #32 |
| 2014 | 11,046 | #33 |
| 2013 | 9,890 | #41 |
| 2012 | 9,520 | #46 |
| 2011 | 8,803 | #55 |
| 2010 | 8,324 | #65 |
| 2009 | 8,292 | #70 |
| 2008 | 7,173 | #94 |
| 2007 | 6,203 | #115 |
| 2006 | 6,556 | #110 |
| 2005 | 6,019 | #119 |
| 2004 | 5,123 | #145 |
| 2003 | 4,272 | #174 |
| 2002 | 3,546 | #198 |
| 2001 | 3,515 | #201 |
| 2000 | 2,641 | #280 |
| 1999 | 2,027 | #339 |
| 1998 | 1,863 | #349 |
| 1997 | 1,601 | #391 |
| 1996 | 1,282 | #465 |
| 1995 | 978 | #568 |
| 1994 | 588 | #820 |
| 1993 | 594 | #813 |
| 1992 | 517 | #910 |
| 1991 | 432 | #1,017 |
| 1990 | 366 | #1,130 |
| 1989 | 316 | #1,186 |
| 1988 | 280 | #1,224 |
| 1987 | 240 | #1,308 |
| 1986 | 203 | #1,411 |
| 1985 | 199 | #1,413 |
| 1984 | 152 | #1,618 |
| 1983 | 125 | #1,813 |
| 1982 | 131 | #1,799 |
| 1981 | 97 | #2,152 |
| 1980 | 101 | #2,096 |
| 1979 | 64 | #2,733 |
| 1978 | 80 | #2,315 |
| 1977 | 132 | #1,714 |
| 1976 | 172 | #1,413 |
| 1975 | 172 | #1,393 |
| 1974 | 156 | #1,461 |
| 1973 | 142 | #1,534 |
| 1972 | 172 | #1,379 |
| 1971 | 202 | #1,297 |
| 1970 | 165 | #1,446 |
| 1969 | 158 | #1,412 |
| 1968 | 130 | #1,521 |
| 1967 | 140 | #1,454 |
| 1966 | 127 | #1,506 |
| 1965 | 121 | #1,558 |
| 1964 | 132 | #1,553 |
| 1963 | 165 | #1,390 |
| 1962 | 140 | #1,525 |
| 1961 | 138 | #1,552 |
| 1960 | 139 | #1,523 |
| 1959 | 139 | #1,496 |
| 1958 | 171 | #1,327 |
| 1957 | 144 | #1,451 |
| 1956 | 183 | #1,245 |
| 1955 | 158 | #1,316 |
| 1954 | 191 | #1,182 |
| 1953 | 169 | #1,222 |
| 1952 | 164 | #1,217 |
| 1951 | 180 | #1,131 |
| 1950 | 177 | #1,128 |
| 1949 | 184 | #1,074 |
| 1948 | 159 | #1,162 |
| 1947 | 178 | #1,107 |
| 1946 | 149 | #1,137 |
| 1945 | 124 | #1,161 |
| 1944 | 127 | #1,162 |
| 1943 | 135 | #1,162 |
| 1942 | 112 | #1,258 |
| 1941 | 116 | #1,186 |
| 1940 | 94 | #1,293 |
| 1939 | 83 | #1,368 |
| 1938 | 106 | #1,205 |
| 1937 | 99 | #1,236 |
| 1936 | 98 | #1,220 |
| 1935 | 101 | #1,204 |
| 1934 | 97 | #1,237 |
| 1933 | 77 | #1,390 |
| 1932 | 68 | #1,545 |
| 1931 | 85 | #1,337 |
| 1930 | 62 | #1,694 |
| 1929 | 71 | #1,545 |
| 1928 | 78 | #1,487 |
| 1927 | 94 | #1,358 |
| 1926 | 89 | #1,399 |
| 1925 | 95 | #1,385 |
| 1924 | 112 | #1,286 |
| 1923 | 83 | #1,478 |
| 1922 | 93 | #1,404 |
| 1921 | 83 | #1,503 |
| 1920 | 103 | #1,321 |
| 1919 | 107 | #1,248 |
| 1918 | 100 | #1,318 |
| 1917 | 91 | #1,340 |
| 1916 | 83 | #1,376 |
| 1915 | 78 | #1,385 |
| 1914 | 92 | #1,093 |
| 1913 | 37 | #1,624 |
| 1912 | 45 | #1,339 |
| 1911 | 26 | #1,409 |
| 1910 | 26 | #1,389 |
| 1909 | 22 | #1,409 |
| 1908 | 25 | #1,279 |
| 1907 | 18 | #1,473 |
| 1906 | 15 | #1,563 |
| 1905 | 16 | #1,505 |
| 1904 | 25 | #1,120 |
| 1903 | 23 | #1,121 |
| 1902 | 11 | #1,738 |
| 1901 | 13 | #1,467 |
| 1900 | 31 | #1,041 |
| 1899 | 14 | #1,399 |
| 1898 | 14 | #1,491 |
| 1897 | 16 | #1,296 |
| 1896 | 13 | #1,510 |
| 1895 | 9 | #1,828 |
| 1894 | 16 | #1,263 |
| 1893 | 13 | #1,367 |
| 1892 | 18 | #1,161 |
| 1891 | 13 | #1,273 |
| 1890 | 8 | #1,738 |
| 1889 | 11 | #1,399 |
| 1888 | 15 | #1,198 |
| 1887 | 13 | #1,148 |
| 1886 | 15 | #1,074 |
| 1885 | 10 | #1,330 |
| 1884 | 13 | #1,134 |
| 1883 | 11 | #1,171 |
| 1881 | 12 | #1,015 |