How Many People Are Named Karter?
people named Karter are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 10,113 people in the US has this name
Based on 34,052 babies named Karter in Social Security records from 1985 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,795 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Karter, 13.5% were girls and 86.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 12% of the babies were girls then and 14.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Karter alive today is about 8 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Karter first appears in the records in 1985 and was given most often in 2019, to 2,795 babies. In 2025, 1,521 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1985 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Karter has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #162, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #270. Among girls, its best rank was #692, in 2015.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #270 | #989 |
| Best rank | #162 (2020) | #692 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #224 in the 2010s | #1,012 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Karter alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Karter were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,286 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Karter was given 3.2 times as often in Mississippi, 3 times in Louisiana and 2.4 times in Alabama.
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