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Boy name Old English origin Top 50 in 2024

Carter

KAR-ter · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
Driver of a cart
Language
Old English
Culture
English
Religion
Secular
Style era
modern
Themes
occupation
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Popularity over time

2024 rank#45
2024 births6,267
Peak year2015
First appeared1881
Total US births200,762
2015 peak18811917195319882024
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Cart
Alternate spellings
KarterCartyr
In other languages
Carter (English)

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Notable people named Carter

President Jimmy Carter
Howard Carter
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