How Many People Are Named Carrington?

4,271

people named Carrington are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 80,024 people in the US has this name

Based on 4,481 babies named Carrington in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,100

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#255

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Peak Year

2000

275 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
61.7%
Male
38.4%

Of the babies given the name Carrington, 61.7% were girls and 38.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Carrington rose from 14.8% in the 1980s to 63.6% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 2010s, at 76.1%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Carrington alive today is about 23 years old, and 77% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 29 in 2025.

Under 30 3,308
77.5%
30 to 59 891
20.9%
60 and over 72
1.7%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Carrington first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 2000, to 275 babies. In 2025, 29 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Carrington has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,054, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #6,591. Among boys, its best rank was #1,293, in 1990.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#6,591#6,872
Best rank#1,054 (2000)#1,293 (1990)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#1,790 in the 2000s#1,634 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Carrington alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Carrington were born in Texas than in any other state: about 350 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Carrington was given 5.4 times as often in Virginia, 4 times in Tennessee and 3.9 times in Georgia.

Texas 350
Georgia 206
Virginia 195
North Carolina 178
Tennessee 136
Alabama 84
Florida 72
California 67
Michigan 56
Illinois 54
Mississippi 49
Louisiana 43
South Carolina 38
Indiana 31
Ohio 24
Maryland 18
Arkansas 16
Oklahoma 12
Kentucky 12
New York 11
Pennsylvania 6

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